What's Going on between Python and win7?

[W. eWatson]

On 2/22/2010 8:50 PM, Alf P. Steinbach wrote:
> * W. eWatson:
>> So what's the bottom line? This link notion is completely at odds with
>> XP,
>
> Well, Windows NT has always had *hardlinks*. <g>
>
> I found it a bit baffling that that functionality is documented as not
> implemented for Windows in the Python standard library.
>
> But OK, it was non-trivial to do prior to Windows 2000; you had to sort
> of hack it using the backup APIs since the functionality was not exposed
> through the ordinary file APIs.
>
>
>
>> and produces what I would call something of a mess to the unwary
>> Python/W7 user. Is there a simple solution?
>>
>> How do I get out of this pickle? I just want to duplicate the program
>> in another folder, and not link to an ancestor.
>
> Copy and paste.
>
>
> Cheers & hth.,
>
> - Alf
I thought that's what I did. Is there some other way?