"In a previous message, Peter Seebach wrote:"
> 
> This is not a bug.  It is a feature.
> 
> It is not for us to decide that the superuser is wrong.
> 
> It is periodically very handy for debugging or breaking filesystems, or
> fixing broken ones.  (In particular, it's one possible way to fix a filename
> with a '/' in it.)

I concur.  I had to use this to fix my FS when I made hard-linked
directories.  (Just to prove to my Prof. that it could be done.) :)

Mark