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From: James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu>
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Subject: Re: encapsulating directory operations
Date: Wed, 21 May 2025 19:51:25 -0400
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On 5/20/25 23:37, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Wed, 21 May 2025 10:23:27 +1000, Paul Edwards wrote:
....
>>> The key point about symlinks is they are not the same as hardlinks.
>>
>> There is no such universal concept for either of those things,
> 
> Yes there is: they are defined in POSIX, which is an official standard, 
> after all.

It is a standard. It is not universal. On the Windows machines that I've
used, tho closest equivalent to a symlink works significantly
differently from a POSIX symlink.