After the echo command, I tried "notepad i_am_a_link" (which was the name of the link) and it opened the file.
The type may not be changed but the target is found anyway. On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 1:49 PM, Heinrich Huss < heinrich.h...@psh-consulting.de> wrote: > In my test the link is still a link to a directory <SYMLINKD> . > > if I try 'type linkname' it says 'access denied'. > > Regards > Hein > > Am 28.01.2011 um 19:16 schrieb Alexandre Sénéchal: > > Yes, it just points to the newly created file. At least on Windows 7 > 64-bits. Note that you need elevated privilege to create the link. > > On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 1:11 PM, Dmitry Chestnykh <dmi...@codingrobots.com > > wrote: > >> On Jan 28, 2011, at 7:02 PM, Alexandre Sénéchal wrote: >> >> > I just tried it out. >> > Seems to behave like in Unix. The link stays and if used it will report >> that the file/directory cannot be found. >> > In the case of the echo command, it creates a file and the link points >> to it. >> >> So, if a link pointed to a directory, but the directory was replaced with >> a file, the link still works? >> >> Thanks! >> >> -- >> Dmitry Chestnykh >> >> _______________________________________________ >> fossil-users mailing list >> fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org >> http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users >> > > > > -- > AlexS > _______________________________________________ > fossil-users mailing list > fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org > http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users > > > > _______________________________________________ > fossil-users mailing list > fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org > http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users > > -- AlexS
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