Laszlo Vecsey <master_at_internexus.net> writes:

> Is there any reason why hardlinks only work in the current directory at
> the moment? 

I guess CODA has directory-level acl's. Then you can't have files
hardlinked from diffrent directores, since that would mean that the same
file had diffrent right depending on what directory use accessed it from.

(And it make it so much easier to write a fsck :)
 
> I've grepped all over the place for the text cross-device, and I can't
> seem to find it. I'm guessing its in the glibc sources.. I'm using
> glibc2.2.1, linux 2.2.6, coda5.3.3.

Look for EXDEV (the errno that means "Cross-device link").

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