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keeping/saving cloned files
Armando:
Same experience here. I believe it has something to do with how an application modify a file. Word, e.g., create a temp file and rename it to the original after renaming the original to a wbk, hence breaking the hardlink.
-mwang (October 20, 2007, 01:01 AM)
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Makes sense, mwang! :up:
(I don't see any other explanations.)
That would also probably explain why the file collections feature in Directory Opus was not working that well either when I tried it.
Too bad.
Armando:
Semi-Confirmation : elsewhere on the net :
Quote: "However, with .doc files and .htm files, I ran into problems. I can create the hardlink (same setup as above). However, when I open the real file and make changes and then try to open the file from the hardlink, the changes don't show. If I open the file from the hardlink, I can make and save changes there, but they won't show up when I open the real file.
Am I off base here to think I can do this? Can someone point me in the right direction? THANKS!"
The reason for this is that when saving a file in MS Word, Word will create a new file, delete the original and rename te newly created file. Because of this the hardlink will point to the original and not the newly created file.
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http://shell-shocked.org/article.php?id=284
tomos:
after the unpredictability of hard-links I gave up - have new computer now but havent tried hard links yet.
Could give it a go again...
I have tried Junction Points though:
From thread
soft and hard links in ntfs :
Re problems deleting folders in Junction Points:
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS_junction_point
Observed effects
Windows Explorer:
...
# Whilst walking through the directory with explorer, it seems impossible to delete folders, however files can be deleted.
# A solution for these issues is installing NTFS Link, which makes Windows Explorer handle junctions correctly. One can also use the fsutil application to delete and query reparse points (administration privileges are required).-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Explorer
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will try this nfts link & see how I get on
-tomos (September 21, 2007, 04:52 PM)
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tried a few different apps - no success deleting folders so think I'll probably give up on that idea too :(
mwang:
I've used junction points in XP for years, as well as softlinks in Vista. Both work well here, never having trouble deleting folders.
Darwin:
I didn't have any trouble with hard links - I just never really warmed to them...
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