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From: subbarao@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Kartik Subbarao)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Hard links to directories: why not?
Keywords: ln, directories, security...
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Date: 18 Jul 90 23:02:03 GMT
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>What should be the output of the last command of this sequence?
>
>mkdir dir1
>mkdir dir2
>mkdir dir1/a_directory
>ln dir1/a_directroy dir2/directory_link
>cd dir2/directory_link
>cd ..
>pwd
>

Why, dir1 and dir2 of course! Considering BOTH are parent directories,
they should be allowed to have the same kid - right? Any ideas?
Wouldn't this be a NEAT addition to UNIX?

			-Just an Idea,
		         Kartik




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