Re: Adding linux_link(2) system call

[David Holland <dholland-tech%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 06:41:43PM +0000, Emmanuel Dreyfus wrote:
 > On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 11:37:48AM -0400, Greg Troxel wrote:
 > > >  a) Create a file A
 > > >  b) Create a symlink X->A
 > > >  c) Create a hard link Y=X
 > > >  d) Unlink a
 > > >  e) Create a directory A
 > 
 > Here is what happens. The semantics are really different.
 > [snip]

Please examine the behavior of link(2), not ln(1), as the latter may
do additional things to confuse the situation.

 > > Is there some way in Linux to change the symlink target and have both
 > > (hardlinked) source names point to the new target?

AFAIK no.

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David A. Holland
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