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Re: mutt's buffy-list


From: Matthew Dillon <dillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:09:02 -0700 (PDT)

:On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 12:49:13PM -0700, Matthew Dillon wrote:
:>     I could fake it I guess, but programs really have no business making
:>     assumptions about directories based on their st_nlinks or st_size
:>     fields.
:
:At least nlinks == 2 is a hard-coded assumption for leaf directories in
:various programs like find(1). You don't have to change the link count
:for every file create/destroy, only directories.
:
:Joerg

    It's reasonable and doable within the current design, I'll put it on
    the TODO list but cannot make any promises for 2.2.  I have to see how
    the other features are going to shape up.

					-Matt
					Matthew Dillon 
					<dillon@backplane.com>



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