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Re: Do we really need correct st_nlink count for directories?
On Apr 25 21:24, Eric Blake wrote:
> According to Igor Peshansky on 4/25/2008 2:25 PM:
>>> When link counts are accurate, every directory has a link count of at
>>> least 2 (. and ..)
>> I thought leaf directories had a legitimate link count of 1.
>
> Two, actually: ".", but also the entry in ".." that points to the
> directory's inode. There might be some alternative file systems where
> readdir() omits . and .. in its list, leaving a link count of 0. But I've
> never seen a disk-based link count of 1. And even Linux uses 1, not 0, as
> the link count of FAT directories.
...and of NTFS dirs as well, FWIW. In case of Windows, it's the actual
link count returned by the OS functions.
Corinna
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