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Huh, I didn't know debugfs can operate on a mounted filesystem. Sounds incredibly dangerous... debugfs(8) manpage says that ln "does not adjust the inode refer

• adrianmonk 9y ago
  I haven't tried it, but based on the manpage, I would expect this to work: set_inode_field foo links_count 1
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• SpikedCola 9y ago
  Why does it sound dangerous? (Genuinely curious, it looks like it could be a very useful tool in certain situations) I've never used it, but it appears to operate in read-only mode by default[0]: > -w > Specifies that the file system should be opened in read-write mode. Without this option, the file system is opened in read-only mode. [0] https://linux.die.net/man/8/debugfs https://linux.die.net/man/8/debugfs