On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 02:31:11AM +0800, Jeffrey Lim wrote: > is this because the inodes are only guaranteed to be _unique_ within a > filesystem - and not *across* filesystems? Inode numbers are not unique across filesystems. But inode numbers are not needed for anything whatsoever within VFS layer itself. They are used for looking up inodes on _disks_, for hashing them (but the driver is not required to use the inode hash) and userland uses them as a heuristics to detect linked files (heuristics, because it does not work even for some disk filesystem - when you come back to file on FAT after some hours, it's inode number will probably have changed!). > -jf > > On Wed, 26 Feb 2003 12:49:30 -0500, "Balint, Jess" <JBalint@alldata.net> > said: > > Allen, > > > > The reason that you cannot create a hard link on a remote file system is > > because it has to be done of the system that the fs is local. That is why > > you can login to the box, then create the link and logout and it shows > > remotely. I think it is taken care of somewhere in the vfs layer. > > > > jess > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Allen Curtis [mailto:acurtis@onz.com] > > > Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 10:09 AM > > > To: Newbies > > > Subject: Hard links and Auto Mounting > > > > > > > > > I was wondering if someone could explain this too me. > > > > > > What is the difference when trying to create hard links on a > > > local drive vs. > > > a remote auto mounted drive? In either case the links are > > > being made to > > > files on the same physical disk. However you cant actually > > > create hard links > > > unless it is recognized as a local drive. e.g. If you ssh > > > into the remote > > > machine, create the links, then exit, everything is fine. > > > > > > TIA > > -- > > Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. > > Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ > > FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/ > > > > > > -- > "It's an extraordinary world!" - jfsworld <at> fastmail.fm > > > -- > Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. > Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ > FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jan 'Bulb' Hudec <bulb@ucw.cz> -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
