create_fastlinks(5)

VALUES

DESCRIPTION

When create_fastlinks is nonzero, it causes the system to create HFS symbolic links in a manner that reduces the number of disk-block accesses by one for each symbolic link in a path name lookup. This involves a slight change in the HFS disk format, which makes any disk formatted for fast symbolic links unusable on Series 700 systems prior to HP-UX Release 9.0 and Series 800 systems prior to HP-UX Release 10.0 (this configurable parameter was present on Series 700 Release 9.0 systems, but not on Series 800 HP-UX 9.0 systems).

To provide backward compatibility, the default setting for create_fastlinks is zero, which does not create the newer, faster format. However, all HP-UX 10.0 kernels (and all Series 700 HP-UX 9.0 kernels) understand both disk formats, whether "create_fastlinks" is set to zero or non-zero.

WARNINGS

All HP-UX kernel tunable parameters are release specific. This parameter may be removed or have its meaning changed in future releases of HP-UX.

AUTHOR

create_fastlinks was developed by HP.