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From: mitch@arcturus.UUCP (Mitchell S. Gorman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Symbolic links in DOS (a la Unix) ?
Keywords: Putting the FAT in the fire
Message-ID: <5569@arcturus>
Date: 31 Jul 89 17:21:45 GMT
Organization: Rockwell International, Anaheim, CA
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	Had a strange thought last nite, so naturally I figured I'd throw
it out on the net to see what happens...

	What problems would occur if one should attempt to implement a
unix-like symbolic link to directories by creating an entry in a directory
that has a FAT start-point that is the same as a "real" directory somewhere
else in the tree?  

	To clarify (hopefully  :^) the question:  imagine, if you will, a
directory under the root, called REAL.  Imagine, also, another directory
under the root which is named TEST.  Suppose that in the directory info for
the root, the entry for REAL has a pointer to a given sector x in the FAT.
If we then create an entry under \TEST called LINK, set the entry's
directory bit, and set its FAT pointer to be the same as that of \REAL
(namely, set it to x), then will files located under \REAL be accessible
through the path \TEST\LINK, and vice versa?

	Just a little question I thought I'd pose to greater minds than
mine.  ;^)

	Mitch @ Rockwell, Anaheim

	mitch@arcturus.UUCP


Disclaimer:	I can't help it; sometimes I just think funny thoughts...