From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,96296bb60aa5db9 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada.Directories References: <1o4hp0vtlenw0.jql7yewhhr4a.dlg@40tude.net> <1192912525.922514.185180@q3g2000prf.googlegroups.com> <1193051315.233759.154400@v29g2000prd.googlegroups.com> From: Markus E L Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:44:53 +0100 Message-ID: User-Agent: Some cool user agent (SCUG) Cancel-Lock: sha1:bhPx3Coef/0pbBdRe+3EryN9v9Y= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii NNTP-Posting-Host: 88.72.206.21 X-Trace: news.arcor-ip.de 1195126701 88.72.206.21 (15 Nov 2007 12:38:21 +0200) X-Complaints-To: abuse@arcor-ip.de Path: g2news1.google.com!news4.google.com!feeder3.cambrium.nl!feeder3.cambrium.nl!feeder1.cambrium.nl!feed.tweaknews.nl!tudelft.nl!txtfeed1.tudelft.nl!feeder.erje.net!news-fra1.dfn.de!newsfeed.arcor-ip.de!news.arcor-ip.de!not-for-mail Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:18436 Date: 2007-11-15T12:44:53+01:00 List-Id: Harald Korneliussen wrote: > On Oct 21, 9:40 am, "Dmitry A. Kazakov" > wrote: >> "." is not a hard/soft link, as it cannot be removed. > > When did removability become part of the definition of "hard link"? Never it did. This is just what happens to definitions that come into contact with Dmitry. I've purposely waited seom time (well, even three weeks) to write this answer. From the fact that Dmitry did not answer any more one can usually see that he got the point. At least that's my observation. - M