Hello folks,

What is the meaning of the file attribute vfsFileAttrLink on a file on the 
memory card? I mean, the meaning of the remaining attributes is pretty obvious 
- vfsFileAttrReadOnly, vfsFileAttrHidden, vfsFileAttrSystem, 
vfsFileAttrVolumeLabel, vfsFileAttrDirectory and vfsFileAttrArchive all have 
direct equivalents in the FAT filesystem used by MS-DOS, so I know what they 
mean.

But when is a file's link attribute set? Is it the same as symbolic links in 
Unix? I had the impression that the FAT filesystem didn't support that, because 
dangerous loops could occur and it wasn't designed to cope with them. And, if 
this is indeed what the link attribute means, how does one find the actual 
target file (i.e., the one which the current linkfile is a link for)?

Also, all the files on the memory card simulated via HostFS turned out to have 
this attribute set - is that normal?

Regards,
Vesselin
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