On 15 June 2016 at 17:23, Peter Corlett <ab...@cabal.org.uk> wrote: > On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 04:51:43PM +0200, Liam Proven wrote: > [...] >> * Simplicity -- the Finder integration with the OS, the desktop database, >> etc. Move items around, aliases still point to them. Even to other drives, >> even to other machines on the same network! > > Not that I'm any fan of Windows, but don't NTFS junctions do this? They're a > kind of cross-volume hard link.
Honestly, I'm not sure. But if they do, Explorer doesn't know about it, and Windows shortcuts don't do any of it. Even plain old symlinks are more capable than shortcuts; only Explorer really understands them and not always then. -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Cell/Mobiles: +44 7939-087884 (UK) • +420 702 829 053 (ČR)
