Re: symlinked folder splits in two !?

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From: Kyle Jones
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 15:17

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Johnny <larssv@ce.chalmers.se> wrote:
 > kyle_jones@wonderworks.com (Kyle Jones) wrote in message news:<aokgf6$6jp$1@ice.wonderworks.com>...
 > > The usual rason for this is that VM sets file-precious-flag so
 > > that a system crash while saving won't leave you with a truncated
 > > mailbox.  
 > 
 > I'm confused.  The docs for file-precious-flag say, in part, 
 > 
 >         Yet, at the same time, saving a precious file
 >         breaks any hard links between it and other files.
 >                    ^^^^
 >                    ||||
 > 
 > I can see why this happens to hard links; but I use soft links.  

Try it and see if it helps.

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Subject: Re: symlinked folder splits in two !?
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