From 0104b4a6268736b4643225a32299176dd4f5e04f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Karl Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2015 22:27:27 +0000 Subject: Added a comment: Symbolic links are not supported by Windows applications --- .../comment_1_f974b0fc908277fcc35ee6c8073b65c8._comment | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/todo/utilising_the_mklink_command_on_windows_to_utilise_symlinks_and_therefore_indirect_mode_on_windows/comment_1_f974b0fc908277fcc35ee6c8073b65c8._comment (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/todo/utilising_the_mklink_command_on_windows_to_utilise_symlinks_and_therefore_indirect_mode_on_windows/comment_1_f974b0fc908277fcc35ee6c8073b65c8._comment b/doc/todo/utilising_the_mklink_command_on_windows_to_utilise_symlinks_and_therefore_indirect_mode_on_windows/comment_1_f974b0fc908277fcc35ee6c8073b65c8._comment new file mode 100644 index 000000000..7e44497e8 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/todo/utilising_the_mklink_command_on_windows_to_utilise_symlinks_and_therefore_indirect_mode_on_windows/comment_1_f974b0fc908277fcc35ee6c8073b65c8._comment @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="Karl" + subject="Symbolic links are not supported by Windows applications" + date="2015-02-06T22:27:27Z" + content=""" +Hi! + +I did research the practical usage of (real) NTFS-links (junktions + links) when I was programming http://tagstore.org since it would have been a clean solution for that purpose as well. + +However, I have to say that NTFS-links only work in theory. First of all, you have to be Administrator to create links by mklink. And secondly, most end-user applications can't cope with links. + +The latter one is the real fun-killing issue: many applications (even from Microsoft) are renaming a freshly opened file to a temporary file name. When the user is appending data, the temporary file gets updated. Only when the user is (manually) saving, a *new* file with the original file name is created. This results in *replacing* the original file with the new copy. Unfortunately, links are not handled properly. This way, many applications end up replacing the original linked file with an ordinary file when saving. +"""]] -- cgit v1.2.3