Re: Symbolic instead of hard link as crosspost-link-function?

[Michael Lamoureux <lamour@engin.umich.edu>]

 "rat" == Stainless Steel Rat <ratinox@peorth.gweep.net> writes:

>>>>>> "WMP" == William M Perry <wmperry@aventail.com> writes:

>>> If they aren't links, what are "aliases" under MacOS then?

rat> Nonexistant previous to System 7.

You say that like System 7 was just released.


WMP> I hope they do a better job at it than win95/nt do.

rat> In other words, it is pretty much the same setup as Windows 95/NT.

Well, in case anyone cares, I heard it from someone (who...er...doesn't
work in the OS group at Apple ;-)  that hard links would be supported
soon.

[please permit me a moment of venting]

of course, this is the same moron who thought there were no Mac users
who actually wanted pre-emptive multi-tasking or real memory
management, and true to form, he thought hard links would just be
confusing to the user.  I wonder if the NeXT guys just giggle at the
MacOS people when they have to work together now.


for what it's worth,
Michael