[OpenAFS-win32-devel] New daily builds: Links 'R Us

[Douglas E. Engert]

What might be nice, is add a show symlink to the Explore AFS shell.
or beter still AFS properties that could list symlinks, hardlinks,
mount points etc.
I see the symlink list -name file can show symlinks.

Jeffrey Altman wrote:

> I have uploaded new daily builds to their usual location:
> 
>   /afs/athena.mit.edu/user/j/a/jaltman/Public/OpenAFS/
>   \\afs\athena.mit.edu\user\j\a\jaltman\Public\OpenAFS\
>   http://web.mit.edu/~jaltman/Public/OpenAFS/
> 
> The list of changes since 1.3.71 include:
> 
>   * smb_ReceiveCoreRename() was factored to produce smb_Rename()
>     which is used by both the original function and the new
>     smb_ReceiveNTRename().  smb_ReceiveNTRename() supports the
>     creation of HardLinks in addition to Renaming.  smb_Link()
>     is a new function which creates HardLinks via cm_Link().
>     cm_Link() is a new vnodeops function which creates links
>     using RXAFS_Link().
> 
>     smb_ReceiveNTRename() does not support the File Copy and
>     Move Cluster Information operations described in its interface.
>     ReceiveNTRename is under documented in CIFS-TR-1p00_FINAL.pdf.
> 
>   * When opening files via symlinks, we should follow the symlinks
>     until we reach the actual file stat cache entry.  The stat cache
>     entry of the file should then be stored in the FID instead of
>     stat scache entry of the symlink.
> 
>   * return bad operation errors for all unimplemented functions
>     even if we do not know the functions exist.
> 
>   * Log bad packets and unknown operation packets to the trace log
> 
>   * Map CM_ERROR_BADOP to STATUS_NOT_SUPPORTED instead of
>     0xC09820FF
> 
>   * Update list of known CIFS operations to include all those listed
>     in CIFS-TR-1p00_FINAL.pdf.
> 
> 
> You can create Hard Links in AFS using JPSoft's 4NT.EXE built-in 
> command: MKLNK <source> <link>.  If you are not currently using 4NT.EXE 
> I strongly recommend it.  http://www.jpsoft.com/.
> 
> Softlinks can be created and removed using the softlink.exe tool which
> is part of the OpenAFS distribution or the Explorer Shell AFS menu.
> 
> Does anyone believe that a "Create Hardlink ..." menu item should be
> added to the Explorer Shell AFS menu?  I noticed that Windows provides
> absolutely no UI for the creation of hard links even though it is 
> supported by the base Win32 File APIs.
> 
> There will soon be a 1.3.72 release issued primarily for Unix.  Even 
> though there is no pressing reason to issue a new build for Windows I
> will package one just in case people want to have support for hard and
> soft links.
> 
> Jeffrey Altman
> 
> 

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