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Re: ls -p very slow
- To: gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com
- Subject: Re: ls -p very slow
- From: "Earnie Boyd" <earnie_boyd at hotmail dot com>
- Date: Thu, 06 Nov 1997 05:03:03 PST
>Date: Wed, 05 Nov 1997 17:09:02 -0500
>From: rale <rale00@earthlink.net>
>To: Alex <garbanzo@hooked.net>
>CC: cloder@acm.org, Derek Young <derek@biddersedge.com>,
gnu-win32@cygnus.com
>Subject: Re: ls -p very slow
>
>Alex wrote:
>>
>> Shortcuts are those bloody .lnk files, but not just available to the
GUI
>> proggies, but to all Win32 programs, afaik they don't have INI style
>> syntax. They do however have various API functions that would
probably
>> provide a [small] speedup. I'm thinking that the stat functions (or
>> whatever ls is using) would only check .lnk files for shortcuts, and
if it
>> _is_ a shortcut, then the .lnk is truncated within gnu-win32, and if
it's
>> not a shortcut then, it's treated as a regular file (with the .lnk
>> extension).
>>
>> - alex
>>
>I thought those kinds of links were only usable for files tho? At
least
>from windows explorer you cant create links to directories... Or maybe
>im wrong?
>
I know that for Win95 you can create links (shortcuts) to devices,
directories and files.
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