Sorry, but you're just plain wrong. Link yes (but so do most UNIX
filesystems), but not for device files, fifos or sockets.
>=20
> > The question of how to handle hard links remains open. I
> > don't like what UMSDOS does, but can't think of a good alternative.
>=20
> If you can't do it right, DON'T DO IT, PLEASE!!!
>=20
> The umsdos filesystem is severely broken. There are very few times
> that a symbolic link is not equivalent to a hard link. You don't
> even need hard links on the root partition. You could have the syste=
m
> call return an error or make a symbolic link (a mount option?), but
> please don't try to pretend that hard links exist when they don't.
>=20
Sorry, but POSIX require them. Just don't use them if you don't like'm=
.
-hpa
--=20
PGP public key available - finger hpa@zytor.com
"The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens." -- Bah=E1'u=
'll=E1h
I don't work for Yggdrasil, but they sponsor the linux.* hierarchy.