http://pxnet.pixelechoes.net/2006/10/05/micronerdery-and-ntfs-junctions/ If our world was... just like a human, would we abuse it so? Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:30:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://pxnet.pixelechoes.net/2006/10/05/micronerdery-and-ntfs-junctions/comment-page-1/#comment-14722 Keilaron Technullkitsune Sat, 25 Nov 2006 21:25:42 +0000 http://pxnet.pixelechoes.net/2006/10/05/micronerdery-and-ntfs-junctions/#comment-14722 Oh, and a word of caution: Deleting a symlink via anything other than Junction causes the actual file(s) and folder(s) to be deleted, with the exception of the symlinked folder itself: <code>F:\test\somefile.txt F:\test\anotherfile.txt F:\test\a_picture.jpg</code> Link <code>F:\symlink</code> to <code>F:\test</code>, then delete <code>F:\symlink</code> via, say, explorer. Everything will be removed except for <code>F:\test</code> itself. Everything within will be gone. Oh, and a word of caution:
Deleting a symlink via anything other than Junction causes the actual file(s) and folder(s) to be deleted, with the exception of the symlinked folder itself:
F:\test\somefile.txt
F:\test\anotherfile.txt
F:\test\a_picture.jpg
Link F:\symlink to F:\test, then delete F:\symlink via, say, explorer. Everything will be removed except for F:\test itself. Everything within will be gone.

]]> http://pxnet.pixelechoes.net/2006/10/05/micronerdery-and-ntfs-junctions/comment-page-1/#comment-14721 Keilaron Technullkitsune Sat, 25 Nov 2006 21:19:58 +0000 http://pxnet.pixelechoes.net/2006/10/05/micronerdery-and-ntfs-junctions/#comment-14721 Oh, sweet. The closest to symlink behaviour that I've seen in Windows so far is the odd link in my start menu to my Music folder: In my start menu (somewhere on J), I can explore my music folder (on F) as though it were really in the start menu. Should I double-click on that folder instead, I'll be given an explorer window of that folder - but hitting backspace (down) brings me back to my start menu. If I look at it by command line, though, all I see is a desktop.ini file (again!) and a target.lnk (which is just a regular shortcut) file. Oh, sweet. The closest to symlink behaviour that I’ve seen in Windows so far is the odd link in my start menu to my Music folder: In my start menu (somewhere on J), I can explore my music folder (on F) as though it were really in the start menu. Should I double-click on that folder instead, I’ll be given an explorer window of that folder - but hitting backspace (down) brings me back to my start menu.
If I look at it by command line, though, all I see is a desktop.ini file (again!) and a target.lnk (which is just a regular shortcut) file.

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