Message-Id:	<199703121418.IAA18119@topeka.cjnetworks.com>
Date:	Wed, 12 Mar 1997 08:21:17 -0600
From:	"Jonathan E. Brickman" <brickman AT cjnetworks DOT com>
Reply-To:	"Jonathan E. Brickman" <brickman AT cjnetworks DOT com>
To:	opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net
Subject:	Re: [opendos] FSSTND
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> DOS doesn't have symlinks yet.  Also, if we're going to have a
> standard, a symlink is kindof pointless.  symlinks could be used
> for legacy apps, which mostly would work under the new system
> anyway.  Most DOS apps don't have their directories hard coded
> into them.

Yes.  Hardcoded directory names is one of the things I find
most pointless and counterproductive about Unix.

Now, symlinks would be nice, but I'll settle for "mount".
I want to be able to mount all of my drives under one
hierarchy as well as A through Z.

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