Author: Stan Eisenstat
Subject: Re: [Cs323] Directory Links
Date: Monday, 07 Sep 2020, 09:12:22

    > Message Posted By: Unknown
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    > Can you explain the logic of why hardlinks to directories would create
    > loops as opposed to symbolic links? Im having a hard time understanding
    > why thats true.

Allowing hard links to directories would not necessarily
cause loops.  However, Linux does not allow them.
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    > Does this mean that when we are traversing and looking within directories
    > (at all the inode pairs of its children), that we must look at the
    > symbolic link for info?

That depends on whether -P or -L is specified.

--Stan-