Follow-up Comment #11, bug #17877 (project findutils):
>> if some Linux-based file systems can't provide stable
>> inode numbers, they should be fixed so that they do. It
>> shouldn't be that hard.
>
> It's not hard, it's impossible. Take for example path
> based network filesystems (smbfs, sshf
> > > But what about symlinks?
> > >
> > > a g
> > >b h->a
> > > c
> > > f->g
> > >
> > > The moment you traverse the f->g symlink above,
> > > the entire tree, a/b/c/f, is no longer referenced,
> > > so the h->a link may take you back to a new inode,
> > > and the cycle
[+bug-findutils since we're discussing this example in that context]
On 10/5/06, Miklos Szeredi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> But what about symlinks?
>
> a g
>b h->a
> c
> f->g
>
> The moment you traverse the f->g symlink above,
> the entire tree, a/b/c/f, is no longer
