From: earnie_boyd AT hotmail DOT com (Earnie Boyd) Subject: Re: ls -p very slow 5 Nov 1997 08:47:05 -0800 Message-ID: <19971105142321.14818.qmail.cygnus.gnu-win32@hotmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain To: garbanzo AT hooked DOT net Cc: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com >Date: Tue, 4 Nov 1997 22:16:00 -0800 (PST) >From: Alex >To: cloder AT acm DOT org >cc: Derek Young , gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com >Subject: Re: ls -p very slow > > > >On Tue, 4 Nov 1997, Chad Loder wrote: > >> Hmmm...I always thought shortcuts were those bloody *.LNK files which are >> only valid from the GUI (they're just files, maybe with .INI syntax?). If so, >> then I can't see how that would help. It's odd that MS didn't do symbolic >> linking with NTFS. At least they have tab filename completion on NT's DOS box >> though... > >Shortcuts are those bloody .lnk files, but not just available to the GUI >proggies, but to all Win32 programs, afaik they don't have INI style >syntax. They do however have various API functions that would probably >provide a [small] speedup. I'm thinking that the stat functions (or >whatever ls is using) would only check .lnk files for shortcuts, and if it >_is_ a shortcut, then the .lnk is truncated within gnu-win32, and if it's >not a shortcut then, it's treated as a regular file (with the .lnk >extension). > Don't forget about the .pif files which are shortcuts to executables. - \\||// ---o0O0--Earnie--0O0o---- -earnie_boyd AT hotmail DOT com- ------ooo0O--O0ooo------- ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".