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From: decot@hpisod2.HP.COM (Dave Decot)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: Re: .sh_history explodes...
Message-ID: <16710059@hpisod2.HP.COM>
Date: 1 Aug 90 22:30:39 GMT
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Drifting...

> >Can a file exist without the inode?
> 
> No.

...unless the file is a symbolic link, on systems where only the directory
entry is needed to implement such files.

Dave