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Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 11:13:56 +0200
From: Jan Blunck <j.blunck@tu-harburg.de>
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Bodo Eggert wrote:
> Jan Blunck <j.blunck@tu-harburg.de> wrote:
> 
>>Andrew Morton wrote:
> 
> 
>> > Does it really matter?
>> >
>>
>>Yes! At least for me and my union mounts implementation.
> 
> 
> Is there a reason for not using size == link-count (or even static)?

Yes, the link count is only increased for subdirectories (because of the 
".." link) and not for regular files.

Jan