[Remi Turk] > Do I understand correctly that this means hardlinks to directories > (except . and ..) are fundamentally impossible in Linux? Why do you want to be able to do that? Use symlinks or loopback mounts and stay out of trouble. > (I'm thinking about trying to write a garbage collected filesystem > with hardlinks to directories.) Sounds like a lot of extra complexity. Is this academic or do you have a practical use for it? Peter - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/