[ python-Feature Requests-478407 ] Need Windows os.link() support

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Feature Requests item #478407, was opened at 2001-11-05 14:34
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>Category: Python Library
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>Status: Closed
>Resolution: Duplicate
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Submitted By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Need Windows os.link() support

Initial Comment:
NTFS has (always?) had hard link support.  This 
functionality is now exposed in Win32 starting with 
Windows 2000 [see CreateHardLink()].  I've added 
Windows support to os.link().  I've tried to support
FAT, NT, 95 by doing a CopyFile().  2000 support is 
enabled by defining _WIN32_WINNT=0x500 in 
pythoncore.dsp.  When this is done, the redundant 
#include <windows.h> in errnomodule.c gives 
compilation errors.

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>Comment By: Collin Winter (collinwinter)
Date: 2007-03-30 12:13

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This feature request has been superseded by #1578269, which includes
several references on the subject.

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Comment By: Brett Cannon (bcannon)
Date: 2003-05-12 22:08

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If you would like this to actually be looked at it would be best to create
a 
patch against CVS and upload a diff file instead of a zip file.

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Comment By: Michael Dubner (dubnerm)
Date: 2003-01-18 00:49

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Also one can create os.symlink() and os.readlink() for all
windows versions after 95 - using shell links (like cygwin
do for symlink emulation).

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Comment By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Date: 2001-11-05 14:35

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I think that I forgot to add my email address: 
bcox at semio.com

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