os.link & NTFS 5

[Martin v. Löwis]

Wolfgang Strobl <wks000 at t-online.de> writes:

> >Correct, this is no equivalent. You could almost say there is no
> >equivalent on Win32, any programming language, period. I know this is
> >not a precise description of the current state, but quite close to it.
[...]
> works quite well for creating hard links on w2k and XP.

Right. Now, how do I use this in a binary that needs to run on W9x and
WNT as well?

> For an equivalent to symlinks, I'd try NTFS Junction Points 

This isn't really an equivalent: the target file name must denote a
directory.

Regards,
Martin