[174] in Info-AFS_Redistribution
Hard Link Problem
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike Davis)
Tue Jun 25 12:07:04 1991
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 91 08:06:43 PDT
From: miked@node-19ac0.boeing.com (Mike Davis)
To: info-afs@transarc.com
We attempted to implement the USENET news distribution package,
using a single shared news spool area between different sites and
ran into the hard link problem. The C code contained "link" commands
that AFS didn't like. We ended up replacing the link commands with
a copy routine. There must be many packages out there that use
the C link command that would not work in AFS. I also wondered if
anyone else had run into a similar situation, and if Transarc is
concerned about it.
-Mike Davis
Boeing Defense and Space
