[PLUG] Windows symbolic links?

[Brent Rieck]

Ed Sawicki wrote:
> I've had my head down programming for the past several
> weeks so I haven't been paying attention. Someone recently
> suggested that Windows now has the equivalent of UNIX/Linux
> symbolic links in (one of) its filesystems. He didn't have
> any details.
> 
> I'm aware of NTFS junction points, which I don't consider
> to have the functionality of symbolic links. Has anything
> else been introduced that has symbolic links functionality?

Windows Vista and later has the feature, it appears to be more similar 
to "real" symbolic links than junction points are: "Symbolic links are 
designed to aid in migration and application compatibility with UNIX 
operating systems. Microsoft has implemented its symbolic links to 
function just like UNIX links."

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365680.aspx

wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS_symbolic_link

--Brent