text_combined: brian foster blfutvinternetie date fri 19 jul 2002 181040 0100 ronan waide july 19 nialllinuxie said case hard links used provide two quite different namespaces set files sure soft links would honest im trying think useful use hard links right im little stumped theres got ta benefit im missing thats immediately obvious everyone maybe maybe yonks ago seem recall dmr saying least alleged said something along lines soft hard links make sense isolation even close correct yer quite good company least one notable difference host minor ones notable difference data always exists apriori accessible hard links thing broken link use fact occasion save data via well known attack hardlinking supposedlytemporary file want preserve subsequent unlink2ing temporary file destroy data cheers blf innovative experienced unix brian foster dublin ireland chorus embedded rtos kernel internals email blfutvinternetie expert looking new position mobile 353 086 854 9268 résumé contact see website httpwwwblfutvinternetie stop eo exxonmobile whatever dont buy esso dont give damn global warming httpwwwstopessocom supported greenpeace friends earth numerous others irish linux users group iluglinuxie httpwwwlinuxiemailmanlistinfoilug unsubscription information list maintainer listmasterlinuxie fri 19 jul 2002 205917 0100 ilug hard vs softlinks copy files