From: madarasz@erols.com (Alex P. Madarasz, Jr.) Subject: RE: b19,20: ln -d - hard links .. ? 12 Nov 1998 14:37:59 -0800 Message-ID: <199811121001.FAA11342.cygnus.gnu-win32@smtp3.erols.com> References: <31AA903A2A1FD111A06300805F4B6D6402126296@ssi2.interix.com> Reply-To: Alex Madarasz Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT To: gnu-win32@cygnus.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 : > Neither FAT16 nor FAT32 supports hard links. Always true, when you discuss the native filesystems. -- Alex P. Madarasz, Jr. -- madarasz@erols.com - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".