Re: dired-do-hardlink should update link count we see

[Eli Zaretskii]

On 9 Jul 2002, David Kastrup wrote:

> > I think Dired doesn't automatically refresh the directory view as a
> > matter of principle.  It's not something specific to
> > dired-do-hardlink.
> 
> So if you rename a file from within dired, dired displays the same
> file name?  If you change its permissions from within dired, it
> displays the same permissions?  If you move it or delete it from
> within dired, it stays there as if it existed before?  If you copy to
> some other directory under dired, the files don't arrive in the
> display there?
> 
> Could you substantiate your claim?

The claim is that Dired never queries the filesystem after any operation, 
it just manipulates the buffer contents.