From owner-freebsd-fs Sun Sep 14 00:38:49 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id AAA28416 for fs-outgoing; Sun, 14 Sep 1997 00:38:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (critter.freebsd.dk [195.8.129.26]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id AAA28411 for ; Sun, 14 Sep 1997 00:38:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (localhost.cybercity.dk [127.0.0.1]) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id JAA01330; Sun, 14 Sep 1997 09:38:02 +0200 (CEST) To: Terry Lambert cc: fs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: getcwd() as syscall... In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 13 Sep 1997 22:01:50 -0000." <199709132201.PAA29443@usr03.primenet.com> Date: Sun, 14 Sep 1997 09:38:00 +0200 Message-ID: <1328.874222680@critter.freebsd.dk> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Terry, read up on the code before you speak. It's always a good idea There is one point where you by accident is not entirely wrong, but it is obvious from the rest that you don't know why that statement is somewhat true. I will leave it to you to figure out which one. I will only address the two most wrong points here: >Other than that, it's a *great* idea, and the purpose behind >the parent pointers in the first place. 8-) 8-). No it wasn't. [*] >Oh... is there an option to fsck to set these on a legacy FS? They are not stored on disk. Poul-Henning [*] And before you launch into a long tirade on this point, please look in the CVS files and see who added them. -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop."