interesting problem with "find"

Geoffrey Noer noer@cygnus.com
Wed Nov 12 03:35:00 GMT 1997


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
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