Re: ext2/3 subdirectory limit [WAS: Choosing and tuning Linux file systems]

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> What is the link_count (incremented by subdirectories) used for? Is it ext2/3
> specific or should it be implemented in such a way by other FS too? I am asking
> becuse I see no reason why to do so in our FS.

iirc some old unix tools (some versions of tar as well as other backup
tools) use this.... don't ask me how/why ;) I only remember getting
bugreports at one point about this count being wrong ;)

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