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!
>>
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