[comp.unix.questions] linking directories

eric@magic4.UUCP (Eric Kozowski) (03/11/88)

Is it possible to link directories on Sys V 3.1?  The directories are in two
different file systems ( one is actually an RFS file system).

Thanks.


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gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn ) (03/13/88)

In article <166@magic4.UUCP> eric@magic4.UUCP (Eric Kozowski) writes:
>Is it possible to link directories on Sys V 3.1?  The directories are in two
>different file systems ( one is actually an RFS file system).

No, cross-device links are not supported.  Berkeley-like symbolic links
may appear in some future release of UNIX System V, but aren't in SVR3.