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Re: b19,20: ln -d - hard links .. ?
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- Subject: Re: b19,20: ln -d - hard links .. ?
- From: "Earnie Boyd" <earnie_boyd at yahoo dot com>
- Date: 4 Nov 1998 19:39:30 -0000
Win32 doesn't do hard links! Remember you're not on UNIX your only emulating it and there will be things nearly impossible and this will be one of them.
I'm really not sure the syntax is totally correct, but I have difficulty
> with this aspect.
> Vis:
>
> $ mount
> Device Directory Type Flags
> D: /var native text=binary
> C: / native text=binary
> $ ln /var/temp /tmp
> ln: /var/temp: hard link not allowed for directory
> $ ln /cygnus /tmp
> ln: /cygnus: hard link not allowed for directory
> $ ln -d /var/temp /tmp
> ln: cannot create hard link `/tmp' to `/var/temp': Permission denied
> $ ln -F /var/temp /tmp
> ln: cannot create hard link `/tmp' to `/var/temp': Permission denied
>
> This'll have to do..
> $ mount -b D:\\temp /tmp
>
> $ ls / | grep tmp
> $
>
> John.
>
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