- From: <howard.s.modell@boeing.com>
- Date: Tue, 2 Sep 1997 10:16:03 -0700
- To: w3c-dist-auth@w3.org
Obviously, today is silly question day: In any system (such as Unix) where I can create aliases or symbolic links to a file, AND where the file system treats the link/alias as if it were the file it referenced, .. .. suppose I have a file /a/b/c and a symbolic link to that file /a/X/Y/Z, AND I request/get a lock on /a/b/c, .. is /a/X/Y/Z locked? Admitedly, when one moves a file (in Unix, at least), what one does is create a new directory entry for the file, deleting the old directory entry, and the physical file doesn't actually move at all. Thus, one could treat MOVe as a special case of DELETE for these purposes. But, when I create an alias, .. the original directory entry is still there. <signed> Howard S. Modell ________________________________________________________________________ Adv.Computing Technologist/2 POBox 3707, m/s 4A-25, Boeing D&SG howard.s.modell@boeing.com Seattle, WA 98124-2207 http://warlok.ds.boeing.com/~howie/ (206)662-0189[v] (206)662-4018[f]
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