Re: hardlink by default?

> So, please tell us which applications actually change the file without
> creating a new i-node.  And how common they are on version-controlled
> files.


: [bagfors@zyrgelkwytng]$ ; stat a
  File: `a'
  Size: 3396            Blocks: 8          IO Block: 4096   regular file
Device: 303h/771d       Inode: 3509605     Links: 1
Access: (0644/-rw-r--r--)  Uid: ( 1000/ bagfors)   Gid: ( 1000/ bagfors)
Access: 2004-12-24 20:44:41.000000000 +0100
Modify: 2004-12-23 23:37:09.000000000 +0100
Change: 2004-12-23 23:37:09.000000000 +0100

: [bagfors@zyrgelkwytng]$ ; vi a

: [bagfors@zyrgelkwytng]$ ; stat a
  File: `a'
  Size: 3396            Blocks: 8          IO Block: 4096   regular file
Device: 303h/771d       Inode: 3509605     Links: 1
Access: (0644/-rw-r--r--)  Uid: ( 1000/ bagfors)   Gid: ( 1000/ bagfors)
Access: 2004-12-24 20:44:53.000000000 +0100
Modify: 2004-12-24 20:44:58.000000000 +0100
Change: 2004-12-24 20:44:58.000000000 +0100


vim for example.

: [bagfors@zyrgelkwytng]$ ; emacs a

#[Fri Dec 24 20:46:07]:/tmp
: [bagfors@zyrgelkwytng]$ ; stat a
  File: `a'
  Size: 3397            Blocks: 8          IO Block: 4096   regular file
Device: 303h/771d       Inode: 3509608     Links: 1
Access: (0644/-rw-r--r--)  Uid: ( 1000/ bagfors)   Gid: ( 1000/ bagfors)
Access: 2004-12-24 20:46:05.000000000 +0100
Modify: 2004-12-24 20:46:05.000000000 +0100
Change: 2004-12-24 20:46:05.000000000 +0100


emacs as another example.

/Erik