Re: encapsulating directory operations

On 5/20/25 23:37, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

On Wed, 21 May 2025 10:23:27 +1000, Paul Edwards wrote:

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The key point about symlinks is they are not the same as hardlinks.

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There is no such universal concept for either of those things,

 
Yes there is: they are defined in POSIX, which is an official standard,
after all.

It is a standard. It is not universal. On the Windows machines that I've
used, tho closest equivalent to a symlink works significantly
differently from a POSIX symlink.