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RE: b19,20: ln -d - hard links .. ?
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- Subject: RE: b19,20: ln -d - hard links .. ?
- From: "Alex P. Madarasz, Jr." <madarasz at erols dot com>
- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 05:00:41 -0500
- Organization: Erols Internet
- Reply-to: Alex Madarasz <madarasz at erols dot com>
Jason Zions wrote on 10 Nov 98, 15:35 :
>
> Let's be very specific, shall we?
OK.
;-)
>
> NTFS supports hard links. The only exposed Win32 interface to them is
> BackupWrite, as you describe.
Until you get to NT5, thankfully, where MS has _finally_ added a Win32 call for
hard links, and where reparse points hold the promise of even "better"
emulation of Unix-like filesystem features. See the November MSJ :
<http://www.microsoft.com/msj/1198/NTFS/NTFS.htm>
> Neither FAT16 nor FAT32 supports hard links.
Always true, when you discuss the native filesystems.
--
Alex P. Madarasz, Jr. -- madarasz@erols.com
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