Re: os.link makes a copy, not a link

2006-06-10 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I had good results with os.symlink on Solaris, see http://docs.python.org/lib/os-file-dir.html Dan M wrote: > I'm a little bit confused. According to the sources I've looked at on the > net, > os.link('file1', 'file2') > should make a hard link from file1 to file2. But what I'm finding is that

Re: os.link makes a copy, not a link

2006-06-10 Thread Nick Craig-Wood
Carl Banks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dan M wrote: > > I'm a little bit confused. According to the sources I've looked at on the > > net, > > os.link('file1', 'file2') > > should make a hard link from file1 to file2. But what I'm finding is that > > it's actually making a copy. Am I forgetti

Re: os.link makes a copy, not a link

2006-06-10 Thread Nick Craig-Wood
Dan M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm a little bit confused. According to the sources I've looked at on the > net, > os.link('file1', 'file2') > should make a hard link from file1 to file2. But what I'm finding is that > it's actually making a copy. Am I forgetting a step or something? >

Difference between copy and link (was: Re: os.link makes a copy, not a link)

2006-06-09 Thread Ben Finney
Dan M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm a little bit confused. According to the sources I've looked at on the > net, > os.link('file1', 'file2') > should make a hard link from file1 to file2. But what I'm finding is that > it's actually making a copy. Am I forgetting a step or something? Are

Re: os.link makes a copy, not a link

2006-06-09 Thread Carl Banks
Dan M wrote: > I'm a little bit confused. According to the sources I've looked at on the > net, > os.link('file1', 'file2') > should make a hard link from file1 to file2. But what I'm finding is that > it's actually making a copy. Am I forgetting a step or something? > > Python 2.3.4 running on

os.link makes a copy, not a link

2006-06-09 Thread Dan M
I'm a little bit confused. According to the sources I've looked at on the net, os.link('file1', 'file2') should make a hard link from file1 to file2. But what I'm finding is that it's actually making a copy. Am I forgetting a step or something? Python 2.3.4 running on CentOS 4.3 -- http://m