-------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Datum: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:33:08 -0200 > Von: Bruno Albuquerque <bga@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Not sure what exactly Dominic had in mind with "there was no time to > > modify the C++ API to offer support for them". IMO the only thing needed > is > > the functionality to create them (e.g. a BDirectory::CreateLink()), > which > > would be trivial to implement. The POSIX link() function is implemented > (in > > BeOS and Haiku) and works as expected on file systems that support > hardlinks. > > Dominic was talking about handling things like queries, for example. > It was the user experience, not the lack of a link() implementation > that would not be done in time. I can't see the problem you're referring to regarding queries or the user experience. link() was implemented in BeOS (and is in Haiku) and worked just fine. At least in with my RamFS queries worked as one would expect. CU, Ingo