[Discuss] nfs hard links

[bogstad at pobox.com (Bill Bogstad)]

On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 11:04 AM, Daniel Hagerty <hag at linnaean.org> wrote:
> "Edward Ned Harvey (blu)" <blu at nedharvey.com> writes:
>....
> where this is the NFSv2 spec ("#define NFS_VERSION 2" in a nearby
> header).  The rest of the spec hints further that these do what you
> think.  If still in doubt, NFS is rfc defined.

Which as of the 1995 version 3 RFC, clearly defines LINK and SYMLINK
protocol commands.   Unfortunately, it also documents that some
servers might not support LINK or even SYMLINK and introduces a FSINFO
command that a client can use to determine ahead of time if a server
supports these or other features.   So the real answer is "it depends"
on your local implementation.   See

http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1813.txt

for details.

Bill Bogstad