The problem is the inconsistency between programs that will and will not follow symbolic links. Then me, the user, is forced to use hard links to get things to work. Since hard links look like real files, unlike symbolic links, they are harder to keep track of and thus manage. Thanks for the info though... > > 1. Is there an easy way to determine if a file is actually a hard link? > > http://perl.plover.com/Questions.html > > :) > > > (or locate files with multiple references?) > > st_nlink > 1 > > (try stat on such a file : > > [moz@lambent oprofile]$ stat b | grep Links > Device: 303h/771d Inode: 230397 Links: 2 > > ) > > > find . -links 2 > > or > > find . -type f -links 2 > > gives inodes with exactly two links > > regards > john > -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
