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From: mwm@ucbtopaz.CC.Berkeley.ARPA (Mike (I'll be mellow when I'm dead) Meyer)
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re: History lessons
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Date: Sun, 21-Jul-85 01:39:54 EDT
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In article <92@cithep.UucP> tim@cithep.UucP (Tim Smith ) writes:
>Root can still link directories, as far as the kernel is concerned.  As for
>linking across file systems, this must be a Purdue hack, since it is not
>possible on ordinary v6,v7,TS 1.?, SIII, and SV for very fundamental reasons.
>How did they change the file system to allow this?

They didn't, my memory slipped. Would you believe multiple links to the root
of a file system (say, /u and /usr being the same). Sorry 'bout that.

	<mike