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Subject:	Re: hardlinks on directories?
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From:	Eric Blake <eblake AT redhat DOT com>
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Date:	Thu, 30 Jan 2020 12:26:26 -0600
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On 1/30/20 12:15 PM, Ulli Horlacher wrote:
> (I am a UNIX senior admin, but have VERY few knowledge on Windows)
> 
> UNIX does not support hard links on directories (in opposite to Windows?).

Windows does not either.

> 
> Are this directory hard links?

No, rather they are parallel mount points (the same directory mounted 
under two different names).

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