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Re: ls -p very slow


Hmmm...I always thought shortcuts were those bloody *.LNK files which are
only valid from the GUI (they're just files, maybe with .INI syntax?). If so,
then I can't see how that would help. It's odd that MS didn't do symbolic
linking with NTFS. At least they have tab filename completion on NT's DOS box
though...

-chad

On Tue, 4 Nov 1997, Alex wrote:

> Along those lines, MSDN has some information on creating shortcuts.  If I
> ever get winsup to compile instead of gpfing, and randomly blechin out
> errors, I'd like to give this a try.

> On Tue, 4 Nov 1997, Derek Young wrote:
> > NTFS supports extended file attributes (user defined) doesn't it?  Could an
> > ....




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