Sven Barth schrieb:
Maybe, but when I "open" an shortcut to an folder, I get the folder
contents, and its "properties" are the folder properties. Files may have
different shortcuts/symlinks, but these can be replaced by hard links,
in many cases (NTFS...).
But not when you use normal Windows API functions. There a shortcut file
looks like a normal file. Window Explorer handles them in a special way.
This is THE difference to symlinks. On POSIX basic APIs like "open" will
be applied to the target of the symlink not the symlink itself.
NTFS *Reparse Points* allow for many modifications of "normal" file
handling, beyond POSIX capabilities, and IMO including true hard and
symbolic links (IO_REPARSE_TAG_SYMLINK).
See also CopyFileEx, CreateHardLink, and CreateFile with e.g.
FILE_FLAG_POSIX_SEMANTICS, COPY_FILE_COPY_SYMLINK or
FILE_FLAG_OPEN_REPARSE_POINT.
Some of these features have been added only after W2K, as Mark
annotated. It may be for compatibility reasons, or not-updated Explorer
behaviour, when links and shortcuts still are stored in the old-fashion way.
DoDi
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