Re: FSUTIL, hardlink not working


"Bertoldino" <finchelabarca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Pegasus (MVP) wrote:

Some of your commands are back to front. Try this little batch file:
@echo off
dir c:\ > c:\original.txt
fsutil hardlink create c:\linked.txt c:\original.txt
echo Viva l'Italia! >> c:\linked.txt
type c:\original.txt

gosh :-(
i've tried, they work perfectly and the problem is that they seem to be
identical to my instruction sequence (except for the command itself, you
used pipe commands with dir, i used direct input)

:-(

please help me understand ...
the sequence is:

create original file / test content

create hard link to the original file
write to the hard link
test content of the original file ; if content is updated, hardlink is
working, else ... i'm not able to use FSUTUL ! ;-)

sorry if i'm a little blockhead ... but i'm going on reading and reading
your example and mine... and i can't see where is the problem :-(

Writing pseudo-code is fine when explaining a general
principle but is of no use when it comes to debugging.
I created a batch file for you that shows how the hardlink
concept works. You now need to create your own batch
file to demonstrate how it does NOT work when you do it.


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