Re: Creating "unix" like links

From: Roger Abell [MVP] (mvpNOSPAM@asu.edu)
Date: 12/31/02


From: "Roger Abell [MVP]" <mvpNOSPAM@asu.edu>
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 08:16:35 -0700

Shortcuts ( .lnk files) are fairly close to soft links in effect,
but of course an entirely different implementation.
There is nothing surfaced in the UI at all like hard links.

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Roger
"Jack" <jkean878@eaerthlink.net> wrote in message
news:01bb01c2b0cb$8e2e64d0$8ef82ecf@TK2MSFTNGXA04...
> How can I create a link (similar to the ln command in
> unix)? Running XP Pro


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