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From: boissier@irisa.fr (franck boissiere)
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Subject: Re: Hard links to directories: why not?
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Date: 19 Jul 90 12:34:40 GMT
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From article <6914@umd5.umd.edu>, by rbn@umd5.umd.edu (Ron Natalie):
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> 
> And where whould you have .. point if you had multiple links to
> a directory?  Things would get pretty wierd.
> 
> -Ron

This problem doesnot seem so crucial for symbolic links. This leads to
the question what makes the problem crucial in one case and not in the
other? Another question is when is it more appropriate to use one or the
other?
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