> > Well, I don't know, but the simpliest way is to not try to make
> the link and
> > just then use the rename. It saves a lot of work (and errors too)!
>
> Any attempt to perform a cross directory link is already detected by the
> client, so no RPC calls to the server are needed to return the error.
> The overhead of the rejected link attempt should be pretty much the cost
> of context switching to venus and back to the application that tried the
> link.

You sure?
I don't really remember very well, I debugged it when I tried to install
qmail on my test machines 3 months ago, but if I remember well, the server
noticed the link and report an error in the server log.

I'll try asap!
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Andrea Cerrito
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