Symbolic links

Limitations when you use symbolic links on a Windows system.

IBM Spectrum Archive™ supports symbolic links, however there are limitations on a Windows system. On a Windows system, however, it is possible to access symbolic links that were created on another platform (Linux® or OS X).

The following limitations exist when you use symbolic links on a Windows system:
  • The user cannot create a new symbolic link between another file system and Spectrum Archive.
  • The user cannot create a new symbolic link in Spectrum Archive.
  • The user cannot delete a symbolic link in Spectrum Archive.
  • The user cannot rename a symbolic link in Spectrum Archive.
  • Accessing the symbolic link is always forwarded to the target of the link.
  • The target of the link is shown as a file, even if it is a directory.
  • The target of the link is not shown. For example, the dir command shows ... as the target, as shown in the following example:
    C:\>dir q:\

05/19/2012 08:48 AM <SYMLINK> source [...]
Parent topic: Unsupported Windows features, drivers, and commands