From: Renato S. <br....@gm...> - 2012-10-20 21:06:26
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2012/10/19 Earnie Boyd <ea...@us...> > On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 3:13 PM, Renato Silva wrote: > > > > Thanks! yes, I like the link idea... Yes it is NTFS, but wouldn't > symlinks > > work too? Windows 7 supports them out-of-the-box, while in XP I think I > can > > use Link Shell Extension > > ( > http://schinagl.priv.at/nt/hardlinkshellext/hardlinkshellext.html#symboliclinksforwindowsxp > ). > > > > IIRC it is possible to get symlink name from a linked script (that is, to > > determine which command to call in the wrapper). > > Junctions work only for directories. Symlinks work for both > directories and files but you must tell the tool which it is creating, > it is stupid and doesn't figure out for itself; if you get it wrong it > doesn't care but then the link doesn't work either. Junctions require > the junction tool to delete the junction while symlinks are removed > with del or rmdir depending on file or directory. Hardlinks are > supported on NTFS since the beginning of NTFS, you can use them > instead of symlinks [but cannot use them] when crossing disk drive > boundaries. > Symlinks are more convenient to me, so I don't need to ever care whether link and target are on different partitions or disks, on networks, etc. In XP, I think I'll try the tool I mentioned above. > > -- > Earnie > -- https://sites.google.com/site/earnieboyd > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. > Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics > Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_sfd2d_oct > _______________________________________________ > MinGW-users mailing list > Min...@li... > > This list observes the Etiquette found at > http://www.mingw.org/Mailing_Lists. > We ask that you be polite and do the same. Disregard for the list > etiquette may cause your account to be moderated. > > _______________________________________________ > You may change your MinGW Account Options or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-users > Also: mailto:min...@li...?subject=unsubscribe > |