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Re: interesting problem with "find"
- To: lhall at rfk dot com (Larry Hall)
- Subject: Re: interesting problem with "find"
- From: Geoffrey Noer <noer at cygnus dot com>
- Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 03:34:27 -0800 (PST)
- Cc: banders at ECD dot Rockwell dot COM, JONCKHEERE at d0tng dot fnal dot gov, gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com
Larry Hall wrote:
[...]
> The problem with rm is because the algorithm cygwin32 has for generating
> inode numbers does not guarantee unique values. In the UNIX world, these
> values must be unique. If they aren't, it indicates the file system is
> corrupt. This is why this message occurs for rm. An explanation of this
> should be in the FAQ by now.
[...]
Added it. Fixing the inode spoofing is definitely on my list of things
to fix...
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Geoffrey Noer
noer@cygnus.com
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