[Gluster-devel] How to resolve gfid (and .glusterfs symlink) for a deleted file

[Justin Clift]

On Fri, 21 Nov 2014 11:20:19 -0500 (EST)
Ben England <bengland at redhat.com> wrote:
> Nux,
> 
> Those thousands of entries all would match "-links 2" but not "-links
> 1"  The only entry in .glusterfs that would match is the entry where
> you deleted the file from the brick.  That's how hardlinks work -
> when you create a regular file, the link count is increased to 1
> (since the directory entry now references the inode), and when you
> create an additional hard link to the same file, the link count is
> increased to 2.   Try this with the "stat your-file" command and look
> at the link count, watch how it changes.  The "find" command that I
> gave you just tracks down the one hardlink that you want and nothing
> else.

We really need a "Tips and Tricks when working with GlusterFS" area on
the wiki.  This is exactly the right kind of info for that. :D

+ Justin

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