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Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 00:49:44 +0200
To: "Noel L Yap" <yap_noel AT jpmorgan DOT com>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
From: Michael Schaap <cygwin AT mscha DOT com>
Subject: Re: directory hard links
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At 15:42 27-7-2001, Noel L Yap wrote:


> >On Thu, Jul 26, 2001 at 06:09:56PM -0400, Noel L Yap wrote:
> >> How can I create directory hard links?
> >
> >You can't. They actually aren't allowed on POSIX systems.
>
>Then is it possible to have mounts that are local to the shell?

I'm not sure what you mean.  You want to use mounts to emulate directory 
hard links, right?  But hard links can't be process specific.

Mount can do anything directory hard links would be able to do - plus they 
can be user specific, if you want to.
To emulate
         $ ln /a/directory /another/directory
you would do something like
         $ mkdir -p /another/directory
         $ mount -fs `cygpath -wa /a/directory` /another/directory

Hope this helps,

  - Michael

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