From:	jqb AT netcom DOT com (Jim Balter)
Subject:	Re: ln and links
24 Jan 1997 23:36:09 -0800 :
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Ron Forrester wrote:
> 
> Using b17.1 on Windows NT 4.0 SP2, with a FAT drive, if I am in /usr/rjf
> and there is a directory /pub, and I issue the command:
> 
> ln -s /pub
> 
> I get what looks to be a link in /usr/rjf, i.e. ls reports pub->/pub.
> 
> However, when I attempt to cd into /usr/rjf/pub, I get:
> 
> bash.exe: pub: Not owner
> 
> while doing cd /pub works fine.
> 
> I haven't really worked with links much, so perhaps I am missing
> someting?

I believe the release notes mention that symlinks to directories
don't work, nor can you execute symlinks to executables.
(This is kinda too bad, since 99% of the power of symlinks, and the
reason they were invented, is directory links).


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