Windows 7 mklink - hard link's attributes (expected !) + contents do not affect the linked file
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I created a hard link pointing to a file in my dropbox dir - the link was created inside a folder where this file needs to be in order to be accessed by the programs I use to edit it - I started working with the hard link alright. At some point I realized that the changes do not propagate to the fi…
Error Output
mklink /h path_to_hard_link C:\dropbox\git\repo\existing_file
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Fix for: Windows 7 mklink - hard link's attributes (expected !) + contents do not affect the linked file
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I think the answer is (quoted from some helpful guy) : What you have to consider is the way an application/program works on a file. Some edit the file directly, and they should work perfectly fine with hardlinks. Although I didn't knew the "fileinfo…
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