tomas writes:
> Small anecdote: there was an old Linux distro (ISTR it was SuSE) where
> something below /etc/init.d (or was it /etc/rc.d? It's a long while
> ago) was a symlink to the parent directory, creating an infinite
> hierarchy (or a circular reference, depending on how you squint).

On System III there was no restriction on hard links: you could create
an an arbitrarily complex cyclic graph.

Fortunately, I backed up the system before experimenting with this.
-- 
John Hasler 
j...@sugarbit.com
Elmwood, WI USA

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