Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 09:17:50 +0930 (CST) From: grog@FreeBSD.ORG To: tim@futuresouth.com (Tim Tsai) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: high # of hard links Message-ID: <199707292347.JAA04522@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <19970729081049.49771@futuresouth.com> from Tim Tsai at "Jul 29, 97 08:10:49 am"
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Tim Tsai writes: > Is there any danger of having a high number of hard links to a file? > > Say, thousands? I can't see any, as long as they are to a file. I recall some code in some UNIX dialects which tried to limit the number of links to 100. I questioned the wisdom of this, but I can't remember the explanation. Greg
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