On Thu, 2006-12-28 at 16:44 -0800, Bryan Henderson wrote: > >Statement 1: > >If two files have identical st_dev and st_ino, they MUST be hardlinks of > >each other/the same file. > > > >Statement 2: > >If two "files" are a hardlink of each other, they MUST be detectable > >(for example by having the same st_dev/st_ino) > > > >I personally consider statement 1 a mandatory requirement in terms of > >quality of implementation if not Posix compliance. > > > >Statement 2 for me is "nice but optional" > > Statement 1 without Statement 2 provides one of those facilities where the > computer tells you something is "maybe" or "almost certainly" true. No it's not a "almost certainly". It's a "these ARE". It's not a "these are NOT" Statement 2 is the "these are NOT" statement basically.... they are entirely separate concepts... (but then again I'm not a CS guy so maybe I just look at it from a different angle) -- if you want to mail me at work (you don't), use arjan (at) linux.intel.com Test the interaction between Linux and your BIOS via http://www.linuxfirmwarekit.org - 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
