ed <ed@xxxxxxxxxxx> did eloquently scribble:
> On Sun, 19 Nov 2006 12:18:02 +0000
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Vista Symlinks Revisited...
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | Clearly, Vista's symlink API isn't complete -- hopefully this
>> issomething | that can be patched via a hotfix and that we don't have
>> to wait for | Fiji to get something as simple as UNC support built
>> in. |
>> | In short, Vista's symlinks don't really exist. They pretend to be
>> | there for the user of the local machine (not to say that isn't
>> useful, | because it really is), and if another Vista PC out there
>> somewhere | supports the proprietary symlink code used, it's capable
>> of accessing | it too; but no more than that. If you plan on using
>> Vista's symlink | features, you better be damn-well certain that all
>> of your machines are | on Vista too - at all times. And if you?re in a
>> corporate setting? | Don't even think about it.
>> `----
>>
>> http://neosmart.net/blog/archives/285
> just wait for them to patent the symlink...
You are of course assuming they don't already have that one pending.
:)
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