[COFF] [TUHS] Re: History of cal(1)?

[Bakul Shah via COFF]

On Sep 26, 2025, at 5:21 PM, Dan Cross <crossd at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I don't see why? A hard link is just a directory entry that points to
> an inode; regardless of whether or not the file's data is in the inode
> or in another block, the inode is still an inode, and the inode
> continues to track metadata like link counts. As far as links are
> concerned, placement of the file's data is irrelevant.

You're right. I was thinking of when a symlink is stored in
a directory as that can save a disk access to the symlink's
inode. I don't recall if FreeBSD or any other system ever
did this though.