Date: Sun, 14 Apr 1996 12:02:14 -0400
From: dj (DJ Delorie)
Message-Id: <199604141602.MAA20150@delorie.com>
To: eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il
CC: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
In-reply-to: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960414184617.2975C-100000@is> (message from Eli Zaretskii on Sun, 14 Apr 1996 18:53:21 +0200 (IST))
Subject: Re: Numbers of links for directories


> That means that `stat' should also return the number of links for the root
> as if there were "." and ".." there.  But I'm a bit worried about this: 
> won't it mean that we will have to pretend these two are there throughout 
> most of the library?  For instance, stat ("/..") should return valid 
> info instead of failing, right?  What about chmod ("/..")?  What about 
> non-POSIX functions (like `findfirst')?  Etc., etc.  Seems like libc 
> rewrite ;-).

Maybe.  I don't know how widespread the reliance on . and .. in / is.

> What are these `mkisofs'?

Software that pre-masters CD-ROM images.