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December 2000, Week 4

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Wirt Atmar <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 28 Dec 2000 15:00:26 EST
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Larry writes:

> If the link can be thought of as a permanent file equate then a rename
should
>  only change the final target nothing in between.  I have not looked in this
>  to much but there should be a way of changing the link to point to the new
>  file if desired.

Yes, there is. Following a RENAME, after you have used either the link name
or the original target file name for the RENAME, you must then PURGELINK the
old link and then establish a new link using NEWLINK, if you wish your link
to follow the newly renamed file.

I wouldn't put this behavior at the top of my "100 Best Designs of the Last
Millennium" :-).

Wirt Atmar

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