Re: what's next for the linux kernel?

[Nix <nix@esperi.org.uk>]

On Thu, 6 Oct 2005, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton said:
> On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 12:12:49AM +0100, Nix wrote:
>> On 5 Oct 2005, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton murmured woefully:
>> >  nt 5.0 added hardlinks to ntfs.
>> 
>> Actually they've been present from the start, but only accessible
>> through the POSIX subsystem and (IIRC) the Backup API (?!!)
>  
>  *hack* *cough* *choke* someone call 911. *thump* too late.

I agree, it's barmy. (Cygwin, running under the Win32 subsystem as it
does, manipulates hardlinks via the Backup API.)

I assume the `logic' was that even though hardlinks were only there
for the sake of the mostly-useless POSIX subsystem, you still
might want to back them up...

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