Bug 6943 - hardlinking directories isn't permitted
Summary: hardlinking directories isn't permitted
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: fileutils
Version: 6.1
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Bernhard Rosenkraenzer
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 1999-11-12 07:24 UTC by Pekka Savola
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 1999-11-12 18:30:11 UTC
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Description Pekka Savola 1999-11-12 07:24:34 UTC 
Hardlinking directories isn't permitted.  You get:

[root@here] ln --directory DIR1 DIR2
ln: cannot create hard link `DIR2' to `DIR1': Operation not permitted

Even though I'm root.

ln --help suggests that it should be possible:
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  -d, -F, --directory         hard link directories (super-user only)
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I tried is on RH 5.1 and 6.1+rawhide:
fileutils-3.16-9
fileutils-4.0-8
Comment 1 Bernhard Rosenkraenzer 1999-11-12 18:30:59 UTC 
hardlinking directories is not possible with every filesystem (most filesystems
don't support this actually).
The ext2 filesystem definitely doesn't do hardlinked directories.
What do you need them for?
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