> 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 ;) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html