Re: [boost] filesystem hard link question

From: Momchil Velikov (velco_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-03-11 15:45:20

>>>>> "Beman" == Beman Dawes <bdawes_at_[hidden]> writes:

    Beman> At 08:45 AM 3/11/2004, Neal D. Becker wrote:
    >> I'm interested in using boost::filesystem instead of libc, but I didn't
    >> find any equivalent of link in filesystem.  Did I miss it?

    Beman> No, it isn't provided.

    >> Should it be added?

    Beman> It is messy for directories on Windows. That's been the holdup.

  Directory hardlinks are not provided in any modern system, POSIX has
them optional and where present they usually require root privileges.
I seriously doubt someone would miss them.

~velco