jwright@cfht.hawaii.edu (Jim Wright) (08/14/90)
peter@cbmvax.commodore.com (Peter Cherna) writes: >There are lots of other improvements in 2.0 that run considerably >deeper than Workbench. As a quick and incomplete list: Not on the list: links! Did this make it into 2.0? Are they soft links or hard links? How are they used? -- Jim Wright jwright@quonset.cfht.hawaii.edu Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Corp.
peter@cbmvax.commodore.com (Peter Cherna) (08/14/90)
In article <jwright.650618284@quonset> jwright@cfht.hawaii.edu (Jim Wright) writes: >peter@cbmvax.commodore.com (Peter Cherna) writes: >>There are lots of other improvements in 2.0 that run considerably >>deeper than Workbench. As a quick and incomplete list: > >Not on the list: links! Did this make it into 2.0? Are they soft links >or hard links? How are they used? Of course, it wasn't an exhaustive list. I can't type that much. See the 2.0 DOS command "makelink". (I'm not the link expert.) >Jim Wright Peter -- Peter Cherna, Software Engineer, Commodore-Amiga, Inc. {uunet|rutgers}!cbmvax!peter peter@cbmvax.cbm.commodore.com My opinions do not necessarily represent the opinions of my employer. "This is a one line proof...if we start sufficiently far to the left."
cgrant@ac.dal.ca (08/15/90)
In article <jwright.650618284@quonset>, jwright@cfht.hawaii.edu (Jim Wright) writes: > peter@cbmvax.commodore.com (Peter Cherna) writes: >>There are lots of other improvements in 2.0 that run considerably >>deeper than Workbench. As a quick and incomplete list: > > Not on the list: links! Did this make it into 2.0? Are they soft links > or hard links? How are they used? > They are there. I was skimming through the owner's manual at Kobetek (local dealer) and came across a command unfamiliar to me. "Makelink" I didn't have time to play with it but it says both hard ad softlinks are supported. > -- > Jim Wright > jwright@quonset.cfht.hawaii.edu > Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Corp. Colin DeWolfe cgrant@ac.dal.ca dewolfe@iris1.ucis.dal.ca cgrant@ac.dal.ca P.S. I was in there placing an order. Wanna guess what it was?
aoe@hpfinote.HP.COM (Alexander Elkins) (08/18/90)
In article <jwright.650618284@quonset>, jwright@cfht.hawaii.edu (Jim Wright) writes: > Not on the list: links! Did this make it into 2.0? Are they soft links > or hard links? How are they used? Hard links: Yes (Appears to soak up a disk block per link) Soft links: No. Nein. Nyet. (The manual gives HARD/SOFT options, MAKELINK ? does not. And they are hard links. MAKELINK does not work across partitions.) Alexander Elkins
dick@woodwrk.LoneStar.ORG (Richard H. Wood) (08/23/90)
>In article <31110005@hpfinote.HP.COM> aoe@hpfinote.HP.COM (Alexander Elkins) writes: >In article <jwright.650618284@quonset>, jwright@cfht.hawaii.edu (Jim Wright) writes: >> Not on the list: links! Did this make it into 2.0? Are they soft links >> or hard links? How are they used? > >Hard links: Yes (Appears to soak up a disk block per link) >Soft links: No. Nein. Nyet. (The manual gives HARD/SOFT options, MAKELINK ? > does not. And they are hard links. MAKELINK does not work across ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > partitions.) ^^^^^^^^^^ How very sad. That makes it rather useless, doesn't it?---for multiple drive installations, like mine, that is. :-( Any chance of soft links making it in, say, release 2.1? > >Alexander Elkins -- Richard H. Wood dick@woodwrk.LoneStar.ORG 246 Bancroft Drive East uunet!digi!woodwrk!dick Garland, Texas, 75040 "Become an ORGAN DONOR" +1 214 530 2595 \/\/ \/\/ \/\/ \/\/ \/\/ \/\/ \/\/ \/\/ \/\/ \/\/ \/\/ \/\/ \/\/ \/\/ \/\/
lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips) (08/26/90)
In <jwright.651636609@catfish>, jwright@cfht.hawaii.edu (Jim Wright) writes: >dick@woodwrk.LoneStar.ORG (Richard H. Wood) writes: >|aoe@hpfinote.HP.COM (Alexander Elkins) writes: >|>Hard links: Yes (Appears to soak up a disk block per link) >|>Soft links: No. Nein. Nyet. (The manual gives HARD/SOFT options, MAKELINK ? >|> does not. And they are hard links. MAKELINK does not work across >|> partitions.) >|How very sad. That makes it rather useless, doesn't it?---for multiple >|drive installations, like mine, that is. :-( >|Any chance of soft links making it in, say, release 2.1? They are slated to go in, but have not, as yet, made it. I would not call hard links 'useless', since I do use them, and put them to good use. I have a C2: directory that I include in my path, and within it, I make hard links to my 1.3 commands that work. >All the other replies I recieved on this query indicated that both hard >and soft links are supported. This came from both users and insiders. >Just what I was told, I'm still at 1.3... Sorry, not yet. -larry -- It is not possible to both understand and appreciate Intel CPUs. -D.Wolfskill +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | // Larry Phillips | | \X/ lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca -or- uunet!van-bc!lpami!lphillips | | COMPUSERVE: 76703,4322 -or- 76703.4322@compuserve.com | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
jwright@cfht.hawaii.edu (Jim Wright) (08/26/90)
dick@woodwrk.LoneStar.ORG (Richard H. Wood) writes: |aoe@hpfinote.HP.COM (Alexander Elkins) writes: |>Hard links: Yes (Appears to soak up a disk block per link) |>Soft links: No. Nein. Nyet. (The manual gives HARD/SOFT options, MAKELINK ? |> does not. And they are hard links. MAKELINK does not work across |> partitions.) |How very sad. That makes it rather useless, doesn't it?---for multiple |drive installations, like mine, that is. :-( |Any chance of soft links making it in, say, release 2.1? All the other replies I recieved on this query indicated that both hard and soft links are supported. This came from both users and insiders. Just what I was told, I'm still at 1.3... -- Jim Wright jwright@quonset.cfht.hawaii.edu Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Corp.