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Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2011 08:49:54 -0700
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From: ron minnich <rminnich@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] Q: moving directories? hard links?
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On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 8:44 AM,  <smiley@zenzebra.mv.com> wrote:

> I'm trying to create a data structure in the form of a directed acyclic
> graph (DAG). =A0A file system would be an ideal way to represent the data=
,
> except that P9 exposes no transaction to give a node more than one name.

warning: i'm going to try to talk about graphs. This usually ends in tears.

A file system is a DAG I believe.

There is  way to give something more than one name: mkdir

in the directory that contains it, it has the name you give it. cd
into it, and as far as you're concerned it has the name '.'.

Is this enough?

ron