What does a file system have to do to handle this new function call? (I
notice that its only available in Longhorn, and I"ve only been able to
find the user level api so far.) Any thoughts?
The easiest way to *create* a symbolic link is to use the “mklink”
command in the command line interpreter (cmd shell).
For NTFS the symbolic link is nothing more than a reparse point stored
in the file system; if you are implementing your own file system then
you will need to treat a symbolic link as a reparse point tag. I
believe you’ll find the reparse point type for symbolic link has been
defined for quite some time (see IO_REPARSE_TAG_SYMBOLIC_LINK in
ntifs.h).
Regards,
Tony
Tony Mason
Consulting Partner
OSR Open Systems Resources, Inc.
http://www.osr.com
Looking forward to seeing you at the next OSR File Systems class in Los
Angeles, CA October 24-27, 2005.
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Subject: [ntfsd] createsymboliclink?
What does a file system have to do to handle this new function call? (I
notice that its only available in Longhorn, and I"ve only been able to
find the user level api so far.) Any thoughts?
Questions? First check the IFS FAQ at
https://www.osronline.com/article.cfm?id=17
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