fs.link() on windows makes a file same as srcFile, I guess it isn't a link file.

[Andrew Goal]

fs.link() on windows makes a file same as srcFile, I guess it isn't a
link file.

But I don't know what is the true hard link file created by
CreateHardLinkW() , is it like a shortcut .lnk file created by context
menu with mouse right click?

How can I recognise a file is a hard link file on windows?

my nodejs:

versions:
{ node: '0.6.15',
v8: '3.6.6.24',
ares: '1.7.5-DEV',
uv: '0.6',
openssl: '0.9.8r' },

[Matt Patenaude]

I think you're confusing hard links and soft links (symlinks). A symlink is like a shortcut (and probably is represented as one on Windows). A hard link plays the same role as the original filesystem entry: it exposes an inode as an entry in a directory. A hard link is indistinguishable from a regular file — because for all intents and purposes, it is a regular file — with the only noticeable difference being that it shares the same inode (and therefore, permissions, attributes, and contents) as the source file. Even though they appear to be different files, if you change one, the change will be reflected in the other because they share a physical data location on disk.

In short, a symlink is a pointer to a filename that the operating system is capable of resolving. A hard link is a way to associate more than one filename with a physical "file". It's also worth noting that hard links are only supported on Windows on NTFS filesystems.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_link

Hope that helps!

-Matt

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[Oleg Efimov (Sannis)]

fs.link() on Windows creates hardlink, fs.symlink() creates junction. you can read about difference in http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa365006(v=vs.85).aspx

четверг, 24 мая 2012 г., 16:58:17 UTC+4 пользователь Andrew Goal написал:

[Bert Belder]

On May 24, 4:26 pm, "Oleg Efimov (Sannis)" <efimo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> fs.link() on Windows creates hardlink, fs.symlink() creates junction. you

> can read about difference inhttp://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa365006(v=vs...

fs.symlink() actually create symlinks on windows (although this is not
supported on windows XP/2k3). Node 0.8 will have the ability to
actually create junctions.

- Bert

[Andrew Goal]

Thank you very much,everyone!

You are so kind.

I want to create a symlink like linux's , but I have known symlink or hard link on windows must in NTFS.

Windows is a trouble.

.lnk files meet my need in fact, though .lnk file is only useful in Explorer.exe shell. 

But there is no API that can create .lnk files, maybe I will write one.

[Andrew Goal]

fs.link() works fine on my windows xp sp3 box .
I have recognised these hard link files now.