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Creating a hardlinked directory loop on a mac

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Mar 15, 20262124 views
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How can I create a hardlinked directory loop on a mac? I just want to do it for fun haha I discovered the concept on xkcd.

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Fix for: Creating a hardlinked directory loop on a mac

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I'm not on a device where I can quote the man page, but as I recall, it warns against trying to hard link directories, only lets root try to create them, and warns that the filesystem might not even support it. If you still really want to try, look …

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