fileutils 4.0
Bob McGowan
Robert.McGowan@veritas.com
Fri Dec 31 13:28:00 GMT 1999
Andre Oliveira da Costa wrote:
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bob McGowan [ mailto:Robert.McGowan@veritas.com ]
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 1999 3:49 PM
> > To: Andre Oliveira da Costa
> > Subject: Re: fileutils 4.0
>
> Hi Bob,
>
> > Are you using a FAT or an NTFS file system for the build? FAT does not
> > support hard links. As I understand it, Cygwin simply copies the file
> > to the new name. So any test looking for a hard link count might fail.
> > Otherwise, I have no other ideas.
>
> I'm using NTFS only, no FAT partitions. Are hardlinks supported on NTFS?
> (couldn't find anything on the FAQ -- any of the cygwin-gurus reading this
> thread?). If not, then the tests are indeed supposed to fail.
>
> Again, thanks for the help.
>
> Regards,
>
> Andre
Andre,
I just did a quick check on NTFS vs. FAT and hard links. It verified
something I heard/read somewhere, that NTFS does support hard links. On
the FAT partition I have, a hard link does in fact create a copy. So it
looks like hard link based tests, run in the NTFS formatted area, should
work.
For the moment, I'm out of ideas. I'll get back to you if I come up
with any other ideas. Meanwhile, using the 20.1 tools sounds like the
safest bet for the short term.
Bob
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Bob McGowan
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