Subject: RE: b19,20: ln -d - hard links .. ?
From: [email-masked] (Alex P. Madarasz, Jr.)

12 Nov 1998 14:37:59 -0800
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Jason Zions wrote on 10 Nov 98, 15:35 :
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> Let's be very specific, shall we?

OK.

;-)

> 
> NTFS supports hard links. The only exposed Win32 interface to them is
> BackupWrite, as you describe.

Until you get to NT5, thankfully, where MS has _finally_ added a Win32 call for 
hard links, and where reparse points hold the promise of even "better" 
emulation of Unix-like filesystem features.  See the November MSJ :

 <http://www.microsoft.com/msj/1198/NTFS/NTFS.htm>

> Neither FAT16 nor FAT32 supports hard links.

Always true, when you discuss the native filesystems.

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