Wout Mertens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On 07 May 2006, at 17:03, Joerg Schilling wrote:
>
> > Look at my WOFS from 1990... It uses 'gnodes' that include the
> > filename
> > in one single meta data chunk for a file. Hard links are
> > implemented as
> > inode number related soft links (while symlinks are name related
> > soft links).
> >
> > If ZFS did use my concept, you don't have the problems you have
> > with FAT.
>
> Yes, but WOFS is a write-once filesystem. ZFS is read-write. What
> happens if you delete the file referenced by the inode-softlinks?
WOFS lives on a Write once medium, WOFS itself is not write once.
I would need to check my papers.... there is a solution.
Jörg
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