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From: addison@pollux.usc.edu (Richard Addison)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: yet another 1.4 request
Summary: Close, but no cigar
Keywords: soft links
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Date: 7 Jul 89 05:19:51 GMT
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In article <3959@sugar.hackercorp.com> peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
>In article <19856@cup.portal.com>, FelineGrace@cup.portal.com (Dana B Bourgeois) writes:
>> Ok, Peter.  I've studied up and asked questions and I think I have
>> a pretty good idea of what a hard link and a soft link is.  But
>> what am I gonna *do* with a soft link once they become available?
>...
>These have to be soft:
>
>link devs:system-configuration workbench:devs/system-configuration
>
>	Now you don't to copy system-configuration back to df0:
>	when you have a hard disk that doesn't autoboot.

Unfortunately, AmigaDOS will try to access devs:system-configuration through
the workbench:devs/system-configuration link _BEFORE_ you have a chance to
mount your harddisk.  Nice idea, though.

I am curious:  how will soft links be handled from workbench?  I imagine that
there will be an additional menu item to create them and I suppose that the
INFO menu item will identify soft linked files.  However, will there be any
visual indication in an icon for a soft link?  Will soft links be chased down
before workbench creates the startup message for a workbench application?
(I suppose that depends on whether you can put a lock on a soft link or not.)
What if 'foo.info' is a soft link, but 'foo' isn't?  Or vice versa?

>Peter "Have you hugged your wolf today" da Silva      `-_-'
>...texbell!sugar!peter, or peter@sugar.hackercorp.com  'U`

Richard "Do you know where your sheep are" Addison    < u u >
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