Hi, Jeffrey J. Kosowsky top-posted (please don't do that) on 2009-01-08 13:11:17 -0500 [Re: [BackupPC-users] vista backup question]: > [...] > Similar but not the same by any means. > Junction points are more "powerful" and hence more dangerous than > hardlinks. > - Junction points can be on different file systems > - Junction points can be directories > Also: > - Junction points require special utility to delete properly (vs > standard "rm" for hard links) > - With hard links, all links are identical -- i.e. there is no > notion of which is the original and which are the links. Not true > with junctions since the storage is associated with the original file
that sounds pretty much like bind mounts on Linux. Regards, Holger ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It is the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Xq1LFB _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/