On 2/22/2010 8:50 PM, Alf P. Steinbach wrote:
* W. eWatson:
So what's the bottom line? This link notion is completely at odds with
XP,

Well, Windows NT has always had *hardlinks*. <g>

I found it a bit baffling that that functionality is documented as not
implemented for Windows in the Python standard library.

But OK, it was non-trivial to do prior to Windows 2000; you had to sort
of hack it using the backup APIs since the functionality was not exposed
through the ordinary file APIs.



and produces what I would call something of a mess to the unwary
Python/W7 user. Is there a simple solution?

How do I get out of this pickle? I just want to duplicate the program
in another folder, and not link to an ancestor.

Copy and paste.


Cheers & hth.,

- Alf
Alf? Hello,Norway. My wife is Norwegian and that was her father's name.

I thought that's what I did. Is there some other way?

Tusin Tak (That's about the size of my vocabulary and spelling ability! 1000 thanks. What is the correct spelling?)
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