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On 9/1/24 3:05 AM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Sat, 31 Aug 2024 22:41:49 -0400, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:
> 
>> On 8/31/24 4:10 AM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>> On Fri, 30 Aug 2024 02:16:14 -0400, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 8/29/24 11:03 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, 27 Aug 2024 21:21:09 -0400, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Indeed pure genius. GUI file-managers make this all the easier. Cut
>>>>>> tree, paste tree into the same dir.
>>>>>
>>>>> GUI or no GUI, the kernel won’t let you move a directory into itself.
>>>>
>>>> Yet SOMEHOW it gets done - seen it ... must be certain things that
>>>> fool the kernel's logic.
>>>
>>> Not a chance.
>>
>> I did go on to describe how you can get /Desktop/Desktop/
>> via 'indirect' replication.
> 
> All you’ve done is create one directory called “Desktop” inside another
> directory called “Desktop”.


   That was the original subject under discussion ...

   Can't do it directly with 'cp', but can do it
   indirectly.

   Now, scarier, would be to tweak the inode entries
   so that /Desktop and /Desktop/Desktop both point
   to /Desktop  ... which would have the effect of
   a 'circular' reference. I think you can kinda fake
   that with symlinks, but deliberately corrupting
   the inode entries would be more, well, fun.