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- From: alien@acheron.amigans.gen.nz (Ross Smith)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: MakeLink
- Message-ID: <alien.02sl@acheron.amigans.gen.nz>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 21:32:37 GMT+12
- Distribution: world
- Organization: Muppet Labs
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- Does anybody know what MAKELINK is supposed to do?
-
- The AmigaDOS manual sez this:
-
- "MAKELINK creates a file on a disk that is a pointer to another file,
- this is known as a link. When an application or command calls the FROM
- file, the TO file is actually used. By default, MAKELINK supports hard
- links -- the FROM file and TO file mus be on the same volume."
-
- That seemed clear enough to me, but it doesn't seem to work that way. I tried
- creating a file "Alpha", then a link to it called "Bravo", like this:
-
- makelink bravo alpha
-
- When I do a dir, both files appear, and when I type them, Bravo now has the
- same text as Alpha. Looks OK so far.
-
- *But*, when I use an editor to change the text in Alpha, Bravo remains
- unchanged! As far as I can see, the "MakeLink" command isn't doing what it's
- advertised to do, it's just doing a simple copy. You get two completely
- separate files, with no link between them at all.
-
- What's going on?
-
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- ...... Ross Smith (Wanganui, NZ) ...... alien@acheron.amigans.gen.nz ......
- "I blame you for the moonlit sky and the dream that died with the Eagle's flight
- I blame you for the moonlit nights when I wonder why are the seas still dry
- Don't blame me, sleeping satellite" (Tasmin Archer)
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