I am hesitant to install this as if I get it wrong it could wipe out my disk. I looked for ln.exe and found several sources, but I felt uncomfortable downloading them since I knew little about the sources. So, where did you get ln.exe? One source http://schinagl.priv.at/nt/ln/ln.html, said that required dlls are needed to be installed from Microsoft. Is that necessary?
The documentation for this on the web is limited, probably better documentation if I downloaded. But I thought I would feel safer knowing where you got it. What happens when you delete a file that is linked? Are use counts maintained? 2012/2/2 Björn Helgason <gos...@gmail.com> > I found a perfect solution to this problem. > > There is a utility ln.exe that can make the file appear in temp even if it > continues to be in its original place and it does not take any extra space > > > C:\Users\bjorn\j701-user>ln c:\tmp\spil\101.png temp\101.png > ln 2.650 > c:\tmp\spil\101.png > 1 file linked > > C:\Users\bjorn\j701-user>dir temp\*.png > Volume in drive C is ACER > Volume Serial Number is 6CE8-E433 > > Directory of C:\Users\bjorn\j701-user\temp > > 21.01.2012 17:57 2.520 101.png > 1 File(s) 2.520 bytes > 0 Dir(s) 14.398.377.984 bytes free > > > C:\Users\bjorn\j701-user>ln > ln 2.650 (Recursivly) creates hardlinks for files within NTFS partitions > Usage. ln [options] file|dir|UNCname new_name|new_dir|UNCname > > Windows thinks it is in both spaces. > > I was using this to get rid of extra files in winsxs > Reclaimed more than 13 GB of space on the disk. > It also has the extra benefit of solving this problem for me. > > > 2012/1/22 Björn Helgason <gos...@gmail.com> > > > jhspng'~temp/113.png' > > jhspng'c:\tmp\spil\113.png' > > > > I have png playing cards > > > > When I have the cards in the folder c:\tmp\spil\ the card does not > display. > > > > When the same card is in ~temp/ it is fine > > > > > > > > -- > > Björn Helgason, Verkfræðingur > > Fornustekkum II > > 781 Hornafirði, > > t-póst: gos...@gmail.com > > gsm: +3546985532 > > twitter: @flugfiskur > > http://groups.google.com/group/J-Programming > > > > > > Tæknikunnátta höndlar hið flókna, sköpunargáfa er meistari einfaldleikans > > > > góður kennari getur stigið á tær án þess að glansinn fari af skónum > > /|_ .-----------------------------------. > > ,' .\ / | Með léttri lund verður | > > ,--' _,' | Dagurinn í dag | > > / / | Enn betri en gærdagurinn | > > ( -. | `-----------------------------------' > > | ) | (\_ _/) > > (`-. '--.) (='.'=) ♖♘♗♕♔♙ > > `. )----' (")_(") ☃☠ > > > > > > -- > Björn Helgason, Verkfræðingur > Fornustekkum II > 781 Hornafirði, > t-póst: gos...@gmail.com > gsm: +3546985532 > twitter: @flugfiskur > http://groups.google.com/group/J-Programming > > > Tæknikunnátta höndlar hið flókna, sköpunargáfa er meistari einfaldleikans > > góður kennari getur stigið á tær án þess að glansinn fari af skónum > /|_ .-----------------------------------. > ,' .\ / | Með léttri lund verður | > ,--' _,' | Dagurinn í dag | > / / | Enn betri en gærdagurinn | > ( -. | `-----------------------------------' > | ) | (\_ _/) > (`-. '--.) (='.'=) ♖♘♗♕♔♙ > `. )----' (")_(") ☃☠ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
