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SubjectRE: Kernel TODO list (vfat : shortcuts vs. symbolic links)
On Wed, 20 Mar 1996, Carlos Magno Ferrao da Silva wrote:

> I propose the following :
>
> The vfat filesystem doesn't recognize what really mean the
> shortcuts created by Windows 95 software.
> It would be usefull to translate the shortcuts to symbolic links and
> vice-versa.
>
> If you think this is usefull and feasible consider implementing it in future releases.
>
> Thank you.

This, unfortunately, isn't very likely as Windows 95 "shortcuts" are
actually .PIF files. You can view them, more-or-less, as a short batch
file that runs the original when you run it. Even under Windows 95, they
don't work to well, and while it _might_, barely, be possible to treat
shortcuts as symbolic links, going the other way around probably can't
work at all.

> cmagno@edinfor.pt

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Kenneth Albanowski (kjahds@kjahds.com, CIS: 70705,126)




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