On Fri, 9 Jun 2017 07:24:03 -0700, Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa365006(v=vs.85).aspx > >Seems to me the difference is hard links point to file, junctions to >directories. You can make either hard links or symlinks to files. Junctions are distinct from normal symlinks in that junctions can cross filesystems. Microsoft's cmdline tools complain if you try to make a junction to a file, because Microsoft intended junctions for mount points ... but you can do it programmatically, or trick the tool by creating the link and then replacing the target, and in most cases it will work the same as a normal symlink. I have seen cases where a junction to a file didn't work, but they seemed to be application related rather than an OS issue. Prior to Vista, the mklink utility was not available, so people wanting to create symlinks were forced to use the sysinternals junction utility. https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb545021.aspx George -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
