fsutil hardlink doesn't work?
- by Alix Axel
I was looking for a way to create hard links under Windows and I found this page: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc788097.aspx
To try it out, I created a file (1.txt) on the root of my C: drive with 100 lines of the following content:
C:\1.txt (2.598 bytes):
test test test test test
Then I open the command prompt and type:
fsutil hardlink create C:\2.txt C:\1.txt
Success, 2.txt was created but when I go to see it's size it has exactly 2.598 bytes and also noticed some strange behaviours (as far as my understanding of hard links goes):
If I delete 2.txt (the hard linked file) 1.txt is not deleted, and vice-versa.
If I open 2.txt after I delete 1.txt (the original file) the content is still the same.
How does the fsutil hardlink create command differs from the copy command? And how can I create a true hard link under Windows?
I'm using Windows XP SP 3, and my file system is NTFS.
