Re: NTFS-like streams?

From: Frank van Maarseveen (F.vanMaarseveen@inter.NL.net)
Date: Mon Aug 14 2000 - 15:38:19 EST

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On Sun, Aug 13, 2000 at 03:07:06PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
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> On Sun, 13 Aug 2000, Alan Cox wrote:
> >
> > If it has the same inode number lots of other stuff breaks so I fear it doesnt
>
> Ehh.. The "lots of stuff breaks" is, I assume, basically again just "tar".
> Nothing else really ever tends to care about inode numbers.
cp checks the inode number to make sure src and dst aren't the same
diff checks the inode number likewise
cmp checks the inode number likewise

-- Frank

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