Subj : Re: hardlink not working with directories on same file system To : alt.comp.linux,alt.comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux From : markhobley Date : Sun Oct 31 2004 10:06 am In alt.comp.os.linux Michael Fread wrote: > I believe your misreading the man page. > > The bit about the same filesystem applies to ALL hardlinks, you can't > hardlink across filesystems, EVER, for ANY type of file. > Ok, I'm not going across filesystems. The resources are on the same partition. > Directories you cannot hardlink at all. And if you really think about it > you'll figure out why. If not, just know that you can't. Ok, I'm still reading up about this. There's some interesting discussions on the net. It appears that I can mount local directories using --bind, so that will probably solve my problem. I am testing this at the moment. Regards, Mark. -- Mark Hobley 393 Quinton Road West QUINTON Birmingham B32 1QE Reply to: markhobley at hotpop dot do_not_type_this_bit com http://markhobley.yi.org/ .