This is not a true link like Unix symlink, but really is just a .lnk file. Nobody respects it except Windows Explorer for clicking and drag-and-drop, etc
Try to use notepad.exe and Save As into that "link" folder using full name: D:\test\short-one\test.txt There are other links for Windows 2000+, done using junction points or hard links. But they aren't very clear. Windows Symbolic and Hard Links http://shell-shocked.org/article.php?id=284 What could be done for Windows setup (because there is already such setup anyway) is: (first time) - allow user to change target folder (as now) - allow user to change user folder (in %HOME% by default) write it to profile.ijs (next time) - allow user to change target folder (as now) pick user folder from profile.ijs - allow user to change user folder (from old profile by default) However, "next time" logic may not be necessary if the profile is not overwritten on subsequent installs. So what this gives is it creates necessary profile the first time without burdening the user to modify it manually. However, as it was said earlier, if user is advanced enough to move the working folder off C:, it would also be capable to edit profile.ijs. Another approach, expecially for custom installs is to allow customs steps. For example, that would simplify things to install zip and wget in j601. But also to bundle and install other tools like GhostScript, etc. Or maybe this is better done using a custom (third-party) installation where J is only one "component". --- Don Guinn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is a help in isolating things we develop from the J system files; > however, in Windows it still insists on putting the user libraries on the C: > drive. I still maintain that we should have the ability to move user files > off the C: drive. And not have to modify profile.ijs to do so. I moved the > directory created by the J installation to the D: drive and replaced it with > a link named "j602-user" pointing to the moved user libraries. When I > started J again it ignored the link and created another set of user > libraries. Now I see two directories named "j602-user", one with a folder > icon and the other a link icon. I have noticed that previous versions of J > ignored links as well. They treat them as ordinary files with type ".lnk". > > Why not have J file management use and follow links if they are there? > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better sports nut! Let your teams follow you with Yahoo Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/sports;_ylt=At9_qDKvtAbMuh1G1SQtBI7ntAcJ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
