Nope, you're not wrong. I got a reply from NetApp and this is the case. Was just hoping 6.1R1 maybe made miracles possible...
~JK
Yes, this would be nice, but not trivial to do. This is because you can have multiple directory entries for the same file (aka hard links). Suppose you want to convert /vol/vol0/users from a regular directory tree to a qtree. But suppose somene has done this:
ln users/file otherdir/file
Now we have two directory entries for "file" -- one inside the "users" directory and one outside in "otherdir". When converting the "users" directory to a qtree, what should be done about "file" ? Include it in the qtree or not? If you include it, then what should be done if "otherdir" is turned into a qtree ?
This is why ONTAP insists that qtrees be created empty. Once you put a file in a qtree, you cannot make a hard link to it outside the qtree with the unix ln command (try it).
Steve Losen scl@virginia.edu phone: 804-924-0640
University of Virginia ITC Unix Support