On Tue, 15 Jul 2008, Jamie Lokier wrote: > J. Bruce Fields wrote: > > I just wonder how one would explain to users (or application writers) > > why changes to a file are reflected in the parent's rctime in one case, > > and not in another, especially if the primary link is otherwise > > indistinguishable from the others. The symptoms could be a bit > > mysterious from their point of view. > > Btw, what happens when the primary link is deleted? Does another link > become the primary link? Yeah. It's initially moved to a hidden directory (along with open-but-unlinked files), and then moved back into the hierarchy the next time a remote link is used. sage -- 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
