[comp.os.minix] specifying links in protos for mkfs

Leisner.Henr@xerox.com (Marty) (02/23/88)

Is there a way to specify links for proto file systems in mkfs?  Are is the best
way to do it by hand (or in shell script) after the file system is made and
mounted?

marty
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ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum) (02/26/88)

In article <1152@louie.udel.EDU> Leisner.Henr@xerox.com (Marty) writes:
>Is there a way to specify links for proto file systems in mkfs?  

No.  mkfs can't handle links.  I don't believe the V7 mkfs can either.
For programs like dosread, doswrite, and dosdir, that are in fact links, the
best thing is to mount the new file system and have a shell script do the
links.

Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)