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    SubjectRe: Your backup is unsafe!


    On Sat, 31 Jul 1999, Khimenko Victor wrote:

    > In <Pine.LNX.4.10.9907311347330.21307-100000@ps.cus.umist.ac.uk> Riley Williams (rhw@MemAlpha.CX) wrote:
    > > What I'd like to see is this dealt with in a SENSIBLE way, so both
    > > operating systems see both versions of the name. That way, all such
    > > problems vanish.
    >
    > > One obvious way round this would be to have the file always appear
    > > under the MSDOS version of the name, with the LFN version appearing as
    > > a hard link to it. Throw that in, and the problem mentioned above goes
    > > away since tar then sees and records both versions of the name.
    >
    > > This would place two limitations on the hard link facility:
    >
    > > 1. Only one hard link to any given file. Therefore, the link
    > > count field in long directory listings is limited to show
    > > either 1 link (for a file without an LFN) or 2 links (for
    > > a file with an LFN).
    >
    > > 2. The hard link must be in the same directory as the file it
    > > points to.
    >
    > > I don't see either of those limitations as being any more restrictive
    > > than what's already in use.

    3. We are getting hardlinks to directories. Bummer.


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