Re: Win32 Installation issues

[Andrew S. <an...@ne...>]

Eric Mercer wrote:
> 
> Andrew Sharp wrote:
> >
> > "Sergio A. Kessler" wrote:
> > >
> > > but AFAIK win32 doesn't support symlinks...
> >
> > Sure it does, they just call them "shortcuts" (because they are
> > morons).
> >
> 
> Not exactly the same thing ;-)

Heh.  Well, no.  But close as it gets, I suppose.  Just don't be dim
and try and edit a shortcut file directly.  But I've used them
successfully instead of symlinks on many occassions, and, contrary
to what some believe, they will work in cases not involving the UI.

NTFS, which is what we have to deal with going forward, doesn't
support symlinks either, but it does have something called "juntion
points" which is essentially a symlink to a directory.  Regular
files don't get the priviledge yet, to my knowledge.

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