linux-kernel - Re: Finding hardlinks

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0701091508090.10719@gandalf.stny.rr.com>
Date:	Tue, 9 Jan 2007 15:11:34 -0500 (EST)
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	Frank van Maarseveen <frankvm@...nkvm.com>
cc:	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>, pavel@....cz,
	mikulas@...ax.karlin.mff.cuni.cz, matthew@....cx,
	bhalevy@...asas.com, arjan@...radead.org, jaharkes@...cmu.edu,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	nfsv4@...f.org
Subject: Re: Finding hardlinks


On Tue, 9 Jan 2007, Frank van Maarseveen wrote:

>
> Yes but "cp -rl" is typically done by _developers_ and they tend to
> have a better understanding of this (uh, at least within linux context
> I hope so).
>
> Also, just adding hard-links doesn't increase the number of inodes.

No, but it increases the number of inodes that have link >1. :)
-- Steve

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