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In article <12913@vaxc.ARPA> mkhaw@vaxc.ARPA (Michael Khaw) writes:
>What does the "link count" shown by "ls -ld" mean for a directory?
>Is it the same for SysV and 4bsd?

At least on 4bsd, the link count for a directory is exactly that.  Even
though users can't link directories, mkdir(2) does it all the time.  The
special entries '.' and '..' in a directory are links to itself, and it's
parent, respectively.  If a directory has many subdirectories, it is possible
for it's link count to be very large.

--Pat.