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Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 11:54:05 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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Subject: Re: EMLINK / ELOOP ?
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On Tue, 6 Jun 2000, Laurynas Biveinis wrote:

> Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > > EMLINK -- Too many links.  Not used in DJGPP (as DOS doesn't support
> > > links).
[...]
> > I wonder if all that complexity is really needed just to tell that
> > EMLINK can never happen in DJGPP...
> 
> OK, but maybe just changing "Doesn't support links" to "Doesn't support
> hard links" would clarify it without increasing pedanticism?

Well, DOS doesn't support symlinks, either. DJGPP has pseudo-symlinks for
executables, and Windows has pseudo-symlinks as the Desktop 'shortcuts',
but neither of those is supported by DOS. So IMHO there's nothing wrong
about the sentence 'DOS doesn't support links'.

Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.