23Nov/1126

Porn Folder

by Jeff

Image text: Eww, gross, you modified link()? How could you enjoy abusing a filesystem like that?

In this comic, Cueball finds what he believes to be a pornography folder on the off-screen character's laptop.  The folder is a bit hidden, as is the stereotype of porn folders since no one wants a random person using their computer to find it.  However, instead of traditional pornography, which would include videos, photos and etc, this contains just folders and subfolders. After getting to the bottom of the folder tree, it links back up to the main folder again.

The filesystem is called a "hardlinked directory loop" by the offscreen character.  A hard link is a static pointer that points from one link or file to the actual data that is on the disk.  In this case, the hard link is pointing back up to the main folder which creates a loop.  Hard links are not usually used to point to directories, which is why this is described as "so taboo".  Soft links or symbolic links are used to link to directories instead.  The utilization of the word "hard" is not lost on me as a pun for a filesystem that turns on the offscreen character.

In the image text: In a Linux operating system, link() creates a new link, also known as a hard link (there's the hard link again) to an existing file.

Filed under: Linux, Porn, computers 26 Comments

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