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From: mlevin@jade.tufts.edu
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Subject: hard links: how to tell with system call under BSD4.3?
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Date: 10 May 91 01:33:47 GMT
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  Is there any way, from a system call on BSD4.3, to determine if a
file is a hard link?  I know lstat() will describe soft links, but
none of my Unix books seem to say how one can figure out if a file is
a hard link or not. Is this impossible? Please email me at
mlevin@jade.tufts.edu with any responses. Thanks in advance.

Mike Levin