Comments on: NTFS Links on the go http://alax.info/blog/32 Software Production Line Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:02:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: alax http://alax.info/blog/32#comment-10 alax Tue, 07 Feb 2006 08:56:46 +0000 http://alax.info/blog/32#comment-10 Important is if it makes more or less sense, not only how many people uses it :) Important is if it makes more or less sense, not only how many people uses it :)

]]> By: Ilya Birman http://alax.info/blog/32#comment-9 Ilya Birman Mon, 06 Feb 2006 23:22:10 +0000 http://alax.info/blog/32#comment-9 From my first comment: "because I have many shortcuts to convert here." In my Music folder I used shortcuts to tracks in compilations instead of making their full copy from albums. I used them heavily before finding you small tool, so currently that what I am indeed doing: converting lnks to hardlinks, by hand. That's why this idea came to my mind. If you think it's useless, just forget it: anyway it's not too smart to implement something if there's only one person to use it - once :-) From my first comment:

“because I have many shortcuts to convert here.”

In my Music folder I used shortcuts to tracks in compilations instead of making their full copy from albums. I used them heavily before finding you small tool, so currently that what I am indeed doing: converting lnks to hardlinks, by hand. That’s why this idea came to my mind.

If you think it’s useless, just forget it: anyway it’s not too smart to implement something if there’s only one person to use it - once :-)

]]> By: alax http://alax.info/blog/32#comment-7 alax Mon, 06 Feb 2006 14:56:17 +0000 http://alax.info/blog/32#comment-7 Out of curiosity, do you have a lot of .lnk shortcuts? I personally did not find them useful enough and have almost no .lnks created manually. Out of curiosity, do you have a lot of .lnk shortcuts? I personally did not find them useful enough and have almost no .lnks created manually.

]]> By: Ilya Birman http://alax.info/blog/32#comment-6 Ilya Birman Sun, 05 Feb 2006 09:48:15 +0000 http://alax.info/blog/32#comment-6 Just for the sake of being complete, I'll add some more suggestions. Filenames which are just one of many hard links for actual files - Move - nothing we can help with - Copy (within volume) - option to create one more hard link or to create a full copy of the file with its contents - Delete - notify that by deleting this file one would not free any disc space because there are more names for this file, with the list following (maybe suggest deleting of all names with default "No") - Rename - if, before renaming, names of all hard links to the this file are the same, suggest "synchronizing" the name Application-level shortcuts (the .lnk's): - Add a "convert to hard link" menu item when on the same NTFS volume Just some ideas, not that I needed all that stuff much :-) However, .lnk to hard link converter would be handy in my case, because I have many shortcuts to convert here. Just for the sake of being complete, I’ll add some more suggestions.

Filenames which are just one of many hard links for actual files
- Move - nothing we can help with
- Copy (within volume) - option to create one more hard link or to create a full copy of the file with its contents
- Delete - notify that by deleting this file one would not free any disc space because there are more names for this file, with the list following (maybe suggest deleting of all names with default “No”)
- Rename - if, before renaming, names of all hard links to the this file are the same, suggest “synchronizing” the name

Application-level shortcuts (the .lnk’s):
- Add a “convert to hard link” menu item when on the same NTFS volume

Just some ideas, not that I needed all that stuff much :-) However, .lnk to hard link converter would be handy in my case, because I have many shortcuts to convert here.

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