Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: $Revision: 1.6.2.16 $; site ima.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!think!ima!johnl From: johnl@ima.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro.pc Subject: Re: MS-DOS extension,address Message-ID: <103700006@ima.UUCP> Date: Tue, 13-Aug-85 10:20:00 EDT Article-I.D.: ima.103700006 Posted: Tue Aug 13 10:20:00 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 18-Aug-85 05:16:04 EDT References: <184@entropy.UUCP> Lines: 14 Nf-ID: #R:entropy:-18400:ima:103700006:000:571 Nf-From: ima!johnl Aug 13 10:20:00 1985 [The question is whether, under MS-DOS, one can give a file multiple names as with the Unix link call.] Yes, you can, but no, you shouldn't. It is fairly easy to patch a DOS directory so that you have more than one name pointing to the same chain of disk blocks. It's a bad idea, though, because DOS doesn't expect there to be more than one name for a file and if you delete any of the names, all of the blocks for the file will be marked free and reused. Also, chkdsk will correctly claim that your disk is scrambled, and will try to fix it. John Levine, ima!johnl