> like those little things on the desktop that represent an application
> contained elsewhere in the file system.
Those are called shortcuts, and they're not really the same as a symbolic
link. They're simply files that contain information about other files, and
when the user interacts with them in certain ways, they trigger some action
(typically, the execution of some program).
Within NTFS, you can actually create symbolic links to directories, but not
to files.
Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software
http://www.figleaf.com/
phone: 202-797-5496
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