Xref: utzoo comp.unix.questions:32393 comp.sys.ncr:919 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!sci.ccny.cuny.edu!dsndata!tssi!nolan From: nolan@tssi.UUCP (Michael Nolan) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.sys.ncr Subject: Two links to a directory? Keywords: links,SysV,directory Message-ID: <2030@tssi.UUCP> Date: 24 Jun 91 21:17:46 GMT Reply-To: tssi!nolan Followup-To: comp.unix.questions Organization: Tailored Software Svcs., Lincoln, Neb. Lines: 28 Browsing around on my NCR Tower (SVR2) trying to solve a problem with lock files not being deleted by uucico, I discovered that there appear to be two links to a directory, although I had thought that was not permitted in unix. (multiple file links, yes, but not multiple directory links) (ls -ail /usr/spool) total 8 1935 drwxrwxr-x 7 root rootgrp 160 Jun 24 15:42 . 64 drwxr-xr-x 28 bin bin 480 Mar 7 16:44 .. 1936 drwxr-xr-x 4 root sys 64 Jul 18 1988 cron 1984 drwxrwxrwx 16 uucp daemon 384 Jun 24 16:02 locks 1942 drwxr-xr-x 8 lp bin 320 Dec 27 17:09 lp 1980 drwxrwxr-x 3 root rootgrp 144 Feb 12 1990 lpd 1984 drwxrwxrwx 16 uucp daemon 384 Jun 24 16:02 uucp 1997 drwxrwxrwx 2 uucp daemon 96 May 25 03:37 uucppublic Note that both locks and uucp have the same inode number. As one might expect, /usr/spool/locks and /usr/spool/uucp have identical contents. If I create a file in one, it shows up in the other. Is this normal and, if not, is it a serious problem? (Is it causing the LCK..tty07 file not to be deleted after an incoming uucico call?) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Michael Nolan "Software means never having Tailored Software Services, Inc. to say you're finished." Lincoln, Nebraska (402) 423-1490 --J. D. Hildebrand in UNIX REVIEW UUCP: tssi!nolan (or try sparky!dsndata!tssi!nolan) Internet: nolan@helios.unl.edu (if you can't get the other address to work)