Re: what is canonical path?

From: Amey Samant (ameyas7_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 10/06/03 

Date: 6 Oct 2003 11:01:10 -0700

"Phil..." <rynes@ieee.org> wrote in message news:<Sg6gb.414558$2x.141305@rwcrnsc52.ops.asp.att.net>...
> I suppose I can test this, but do you happen to
> know if on Windows if it works when I use getCanonicalPath
> on a file that is a link (lnk file type)?

hey Phil
.lnk files are LOTTTTTTT different than links in *NIX.
.lnk s are like normal files that stores the actual link or something
of that sort (not very sure) but they surely differ from link concept
in *nix

regards
amey

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