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===================== makelink 0.90 documentation =========================
===========================================================================
A DOS command as a replacement for CBM makelink to be used with
Kickstart 2.x/3.x, written by Roland 'Gizzy' Mainz, freeware, all rights
reserved.
No guarantee of any kind is made that the program described below in this
document is 100% reliable. You use this material on your own risk.
=========================== Installation ==================================
===========================================================================
Workbench: Select the menu item 'Window/Show/All files'
Drop the 'makelink' icon in your favorite drawer (like Sys:c/ ).
CLI/Shell: Drop/Copy the 'makelink' file in your favorite directory
(like Sys:c/ ).
============================== MANUAL =====================================
===========================================================================
FORMAT
MAKELINK [FROM] <file> [TO] <file> [SOFT] [HARD] [FORCE]
TEMPLATE
FROM/A,TO/A,SOFT/S,HARD/S,FORCE/S
PURPOSE
To create a link between files
PATH
C:MAKELINK
SPECIFICATION
MAKELINK creates a dummy file/directory on a disk that is a
pointer to another file/directory. When an application or
command calls the FROM file, the TO file is used. If the user
deletes the link, only the link is removed, not the file/directory.
By default, MAKELINK creates a hard link. If the user wants to
create soft links, the SOFT flag must be set. The HARD flag is for
backwards compatibility. Directory links requires the FORCE switch.
============================= KNOWN BUGS ==================================
===========================================================================
-makelink creates sometimes wrong error codes (fixed in V1.00)
-BE CAREFUL WITH SOFTWARE LINKS
I think there is a system software error:
If you create a file link like System2.0:c/ed and then
the type cd System2.0:c/ed, the system may crash (KICKSTART V2.04, WB2.0)
-soft links to assigns (like fonts:) don't work (fixed in V1.00)
=========================== Author's Request ==============================
===========================================================================
By releasing this program I do not place any obligations on you,
feel free to share this program with your friends (and enemies).
If you want to blame me, report any bugs or want the source,
send your letter to:
Roland Mainz
Hohenstaufenstraße 8
D-5164 Nörvenich
GERMANY
But, should you feel the need to make any contributions, send them to:
Fred Fish
Amiga Library Disks
1835 East Belmont Drive
Tempe, Arizona 85284
USA
for his great AMIGA library, and his work all over the years.
The entire 'makelink' package may be noncommercially redistributed,
provided that the package is always distributed in it's complete form
(including it's documentation). A small copy fee for media costs is okay
but any kind of commercial distribution is strictly forbidden!
Comments and suggestions how to improve this program are generally
appreciated!
Thanks to Matt Dillon for his DICE, and Olaf 'Olsen' Barthel for his
help, ideas and some text clips from his documentations.
============================== footnotes ==================================
===========================================================================
LINK A link is another path/name for a file/directory.
SOFT LINKS are names for the target in the filesystem.
Softlinks can be links across volumens.
HARD LINKS are the block number of the target in the filesystem.
Hardlinks must be links to the same volume.