Eunice links

kashtan at sri-iu.UUCP kashtan at sri-iu.UUCP
Fri Sep 7 03:00:06 AEST 1984


At the moment, at least, UNIX-style links are just not possible under VMS.
You can make a link to a file, but there is no reference count kept by
VMS -- so deleting any link to a file (or the original file itself) will
cause all the other links to dangle.  One solution I am considering is
to use 4.2BSD style symbolic links whenever a regular link is requested.
Objections????
David
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David Kashtan, Artificial Intelligence Center, SRI International
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