Archive directory (multiple directory hard links) API

André Pang ozone at algorithm.com.au
Wed Dec 19 04:28:34 PST 2007


On 19/12/2007, at 11:08 PM, André Pang wrote:

> I'm been wondering how to create an "archive directory" (i.e. create  
> multiple hard links to a directory) on Leopard.  Does anyone know of  
> the proper API calls to do this?

Nevermind, I found this exchange between Rosyna and JKH about 30  
seconds after I posted to the list:

   http://lists.apple.com/archives/darwin-dev/2007/Dec/msg00033.html

which implies that directory hard links are for the exclusive use of  
Time Machine.  Ah well, better to be safe than sorry :).


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% Andre Pang : trust.in.love.to.save  <http://www.algorithm.com.au/>





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