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RE: fileutils 4.0
- To: "Bob McGowan" <Robert dot McGowan at veritas dot com>
- Subject: RE: fileutils 4.0
- From: "Andre Oliveira da Costa" <costa at cade dot com dot br>
- Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 15:54:59 -0200
- Cc: "Cygwin" <cygwin at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
> -----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
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André Oliveira da Costa
(costa@cade.com.br)
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