What's Going on between Python and win7?
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From: Gib Bogle on 22 Feb 2010 15:16 MRAB wrote: > W. eWatson wrote: >> Last night I copied a program from folder A to folder B. It inspects >> the contents of files in a folder. When I ran it in B, it gave the >> results for A! Out of frustration I changed the name in A, and fired >> up the program in B. Win7 went into search mode for the file. I looked >> at properties for the B program, and it was clearly pointing to folder A. >> > Sounds like you didn't copy it but made a shortcut to it instead. Windows 7 has symbolic links?
From: John Bokma on 22 Feb 2010 15:33 Gib Bogle <g.bogle(a)auckland.no.spam.ac.nz> writes: > MRAB wrote: >> W. eWatson wrote: >>> Last night I copied a program from folder A to folder B. It >>> inspects the contents of files in a folder. When I ran it in B, it >>> gave the results for A! Out of frustration I changed the name in A, >>> and fired up the program in B. Win7 went into search mode for the >>> file. I looked at properties for the B program, and it was clearly >>> pointing to folder A. >>> >> Sounds like you didn't copy it but made a shortcut to it instead. > > Windows 7 has symbolic links? Symbolic links are designed to aid in migration and application compatibility with UNIX operating systems. Microsoft has implemented its symbolic links to function just like UNIX links. : Symbolic links are available in NTFS starting with Windows Vista. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365680(VS.85).aspx -- John Bokma j3b Hacking & Hiking in Mexico - http://johnbokma.com/ http://castleamber.com/ - Perl & Python Development
From: Grant Edwards on 22 Feb 2010 16:19 On 2010-02-22, John Bokma <john(a)castleamber.com> wrote: > Gib Bogle <g.bogle(a)auckland.no.spam.ac.nz> writes: > >> MRAB wrote: >>> W. eWatson wrote: >>>> Last night I copied a program from folder A to folder B. It >>>> inspects the contents of files in a folder. When I ran it in B, it >>>> gave the results for A! Out of frustration I changed the name in A, >>>> and fired up the program in B. Win7 went into search mode for the >>>> file. I looked at properties for the B program, and it was clearly >>>> pointing to folder A. >>>> >>> Sounds like you didn't copy it but made a shortcut to it instead. >> >> Windows 7 has symbolic links? > > Symbolic links are designed to aid in migration and application > compatibility with UNIX operating systems. Microsoft has implemented > its symbolic links to function just like UNIX links. So symbolic links on W7 function like Unix (hard) links rather than Unix _symbolic_ links?? -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! Is this sexual at intercourse yet?? Is it, visi.com huh, is it??
From: John Bokma on 22 Feb 2010 17:02 Grant Edwards <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> writes: > On 2010-02-22, John Bokma <john(a)castleamber.com> wrote: >> Gib Bogle <g.bogle(a)auckland.no.spam.ac.nz> writes: >> >>> MRAB wrote: >>>> W. eWatson wrote: >>>>> Last night I copied a program from folder A to folder B. It >>>>> inspects the contents of files in a folder. When I ran it in B, it >>>>> gave the results for A! Out of frustration I changed the name in A, >>>>> and fired up the program in B. Win7 went into search mode for the >>>>> file. I looked at properties for the B program, and it was clearly >>>>> pointing to folder A. >>>>> >>>> Sounds like you didn't copy it but made a shortcut to it instead. >>> >>> Windows 7 has symbolic links? >> >> Symbolic links are designed to aid in migration and application >> compatibility with UNIX operating systems. Microsoft has implemented >> its symbolic links to function just like UNIX links. > > So symbolic links on W7 function like Unix (hard) links > rather than Unix _symbolic_ links?? Which leads you to this conclusion? According to http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365006(VS.85).aspx There are three types of file links supported in the NTFS file system: hard links, junctions, and symbolic links. This topic is an overview of hard links and junctions. For information about symbolic links, see Creating Symbolic Links. Creating Symbolic Links: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa363878(VS.85).aspx -- John Bokma j3b Hacking & Hiking in Mexico - http://johnbokma.com/ http://castleamber.com/ - Perl & Python Development
From: Gib Bogle on 22 Feb 2010 17:10
John Bokma wrote: > Gib Bogle <g.bogle(a)auckland.no.spam.ac.nz> writes: > >> MRAB wrote: >>> W. eWatson wrote: >>>> Last night I copied a program from folder A to folder B. It >>>> inspects the contents of files in a folder. When I ran it in B, it >>>> gave the results for A! Out of frustration I changed the name in A, >>>> and fired up the program in B. Win7 went into search mode for the >>>> file. I looked at properties for the B program, and it was clearly >>>> pointing to folder A. >>>> >>> Sounds like you didn't copy it but made a shortcut to it instead. >> Windows 7 has symbolic links? > > Symbolic links are designed to aid in migration and application > compatibility with UNIX operating systems. Microsoft has implemented > its symbolic links to function just like UNIX links. > > : > > Symbolic links are available in NTFS starting with Windows Vista. > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365680(VS.85).aspx > That explains my ignorance of this (excellent) development. I'm still using W2K and XP. |