reichert@dino.ulowell.edu (Bastard) (01/08/91)
In article <1991Jan1.165121.10930@ccu.umanitoba.ca> umrose05@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Dave Rose) writes: >Hi, > Does anyone out there know how to create a symbolic link in >dos?? Basicly what I want to do is have a directory name that is just an >alias of the real directory on another drive...Is this possible? I know it >is in unix with the ln command, but I desperately need it in dos. > The 'DOS-proper' method would be to use the 'join' command, but you'll dig yourself some very big holes during backups, or any other recursive descent of the directory tree(s). From within a batch file, the use of an environment variable would probably be expedient. I've myself accomplished some nasty tricks by hand-chaining directory entries together via a sector editor, but obviously, if you move things around, you could lose the directory, or fatally corrupt the FAT tables. bastard@dragon.cpe.ulowell.cpu Brian (you Bastard) Reichert USnail: 85 Gershom Ave. #2 Lowell, MA 01854 "Intel architecture: the left hand path"