|> >> Just a quick question - why is LINK_MAX in limits.h restricted to
|> >> 127? EXT2_LINK_MAX is 32000, so is there any reason for keeping
|> >> the value of LINK_MAX so low?
|> >
|> >As far as I know symlinks are handled by recursive mechanisms inside the
|> >kernel, and amount of kernel stack is limited.
|>
|> Whoops - that would explain it, I guess...
LINK_MAX has nothing to do with symlinks. That's the maximum number of
*hard* links an inode can have.
Andreas.
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