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| author | Valentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io> | 2022-07-13 11:17:46 +0100 |
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| committer | Valentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io> | 2022-08-04 12:37:48 +0200 |
| commit | 9cabba1fc35c4989b0e280c12a845adf0e300dab (patch) | |
| tree | dbb5a44f76e1044deed7d1c4730cadae463d1f46 /doc/manual/src/architecture/store/fso.md | |
| parent | bac86231add178e4def3e3fe0bc88ace83d86c21 (diff) | |
mention hard links
Co-authored-by: Thomas <twatson52@mac.com>
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diff --git a/doc/manual/src/architecture/store/fso.md b/doc/manual/src/architecture/store/fso.md index c51996e41..2ec365eb6 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/architecture/store/fso.md +++ b/doc/manual/src/architecture/store/fso.md @@ -61,4 +61,9 @@ Examples: /nix/store/<hash>-bar └── bar -> /nix/store/abc...-foo +Nix file system objects do not support [hard links][hardlink]: +each file system object which is not the root has exactly one parent and one name. +However, as store objects are immutable, an underlying file system can use hard links for optimization. + [symlink]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolic_link +[hardlink]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_link |