Re: Finding hardlinks

[Arjan van de Ven]

> 
> If user (or script) doesn't specify that flag, it doesn't help. I think 
> the best solution for these filesystems would be either to add new syscall
>  	int is_hardlink(char *filename1, char *filename2)
> (but I know adding syscall bloat may be objectionable)

it's also the wrong api; the filenames may have been changed under you
just as you return from this call, so it really is a
"was_hardlink_at_some_point()" as you specify it.
If you make it work on fd's.. it has a chance at least.

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