Alan Cox wrote:
> > So, in general, the way to detect hard links requires both objects to be
> > open at the same time? I was sure it was enough to stat(), and check
> > (st1.st_ino == st2.st_ino && st1.st_dev == st2.st_dev).
> >
> > Admittedly, one of the object could be renamed or deleted in that time
> > so it's not 100% reliable on changing filesystems.
>
> Hence you need both open at the same time.
... unless you know that what you're looking at isn't changing, or you
only guarantee correct results for parts of the filesystem which don't
change (`tar', `find' etc.)
Again, /proc is exempt! :)
-- Jamie
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