Re: Strange error importing projects

On Thursday 13 December 2007, Andy Levy wrote:
> On Dec 13, 2007 6:53 AM, Ulrich Eckhardt <eckhardt@satorlaser.com> wrote:
> > FYI: Subversion doesn't support symbolic links on win32 because these
> > links are not implemented by the OS' filesystem level but rather they are
> > normal files (.lnk) that are only interpreted differently by the MS
> > Windows Explorer and some related tools. Many other programs also don't
> > support those, including e.g. the OS itself, which you will find if you
> > ever try to make a symlink to a DLL work. ;|
>
> LNK files are NOT symlinks. Not even close. They don't serve the same
> purpose and do far more than act as a pointer to a file.

Ahem, .LNK files are what MS Windows calls 'links'. Since they hold the path
to the target but are not otherwise directly connected to them, they are IMHO
pretty similar to Unix symlinks. I think they contain further information
(execution dir for executables etc), is that what you are referring to when
you say they do far more than act as pointer to a file?

> Please don't confuse the issue by stating that Windows uses LNK files
> to implement symlinks.

Wait, I didn't say that! I said that the MS Windows Explorer (i.e. the
graphical shell) interprets .LNK files similar to symlinks while MS Windows
(i.e. the OS core itself) doesn't do that. Note the distinction between the
operating system and the shell!

I'm in fact a bit puzzled by your statement, as I'm not sure what you mean,
could you elaborate on that?

regards

Uli

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