X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org
From: "Dave Korn" <dave DOT korn AT artimi DOT com>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: RE: Unable to delete directory in Cygwin
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 17:21:36 +0100
Message-ID: <011b01c69160$f1a072f0$a501a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; 	charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11
In-Reply-To: <a5f030530606160722v23b505a6sfae454928d8bcbec@mail.gmail.com>
Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm
Precedence: bulk
List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:cygwin-unsubscribe-archive-cygwin=delorie DOT com AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Subscribe: <mailto:cygwin-subscribe AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Archive: <http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/>
List-Post: <mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Help: <mailto:cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com>, <http://sourceware.org/ml/#faqs>
Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com
Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com

On 16 June 2006 15:22, Brett Serkez wrote:


> I simply clarified to the original poster what was happening under the
> hood on the UNIX/Linux side so they could understand, essentially
> defending why it isn't supported under Cygwin.

  I think that you may have added confusion rather than clarity, but I'm sure
your motives were benign :)
 
> I only want to know what you were refering to in Windows that was like
> inodes so I could learn.

  File index numbers (only an NTFS feature); in *nix, an inode can be
considered analagous to a sector number on the drive; in 'doze, the inode is
an entry index# in the central directory.  Google 'FILE_OPEN_BY_FILE_ID' or
'ntfs mft' for more; cygwin uses the mft index# as an inode-alike.

> I'd like to keep participating on the list to share knowledge and
> learn but I've almost had enough of this sillyness.

  Hell, come to the talk list.  We have a whole different kind of silliness
there.

    cheers,
      DaveK
-- 
Can't think of a witty .sigline today....


--
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html
Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/