strange interaction between open and cwd

Baz Walter bazwal at ftml.net
Tue May 4 08:53:40 EDT 2010


On 04/05/10 02:12, Ben Finney wrote:
> Baz Walter<bazwal at ftml.net>  writes:
>
>> On 03/05/10 18:41, Grant Edwards wrote:
>>> Firstly, a file may have any number of paths (including 0).
>>
>> yes, of course. i forgot about hard links
>
> Rather, you forgot that *every* entry that references a file is a hard
> link.

i'm not a frequent poster on this list, but i'm aware of it's reputation 
for pointless pedantry ;-)

but what the heck, when in rome...

note that i said hard links (plural) - i think a more generous reader 
would assume i was referring to additional hard links.




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