How to recognize a hardlink

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I wonder if and how I can distinguish a hardlink from a regular file
without a dubfinder.

Is there something like the inode-count on linux-ext3 on NT6?

Regards Thorsten
 
Re: How to recognize a hardlink


"Thorsten Butz" <thbutz@community.nospam> wrote in message
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>I wonder if and how I can distinguish a hardlink from a regular file
> without a dubfinder.
>
> Is there something like the inode-count on linux-ext3 on NT6?

You might need to ask on a (System) programming list.

Clearly there is "something like" and there is a program HLCan.exe
on the MS web site that claims to display the hardlinks (I didn't
check it) so there is a way (if that works) but it doesn't offer
source code.

I would check the SysInternals site (now part of MS but still using
a separate URL) since this is the type of utility they would typically
offer AND they almost always provided source code.

Let us know what you find please....
 
RE: How to recognize a hardlink

Hello,

Many thanks to Herb for sharing the information.

Yes, Hlcan.exe can be used to find out hard links on an NTFS volume, under
Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. The command-line tool can
be used as:

Hlscan /dir <path>

Then the output will show all the hard links in the specified path.

Sincerely,
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Re: How to recognize a hardlink


"George Yin(MSFT)" <v-chanyin@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> Many thanks to Herb for sharing the information.
>
> Yes, Hlcan.exe can be used to find out hard links on an NTFS volume, under
> Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. The command-line tool
> can
> be used as:
>
> Hlscan /dir <path>
>
> Then the output will show all the hard links in the specified path.

But this doesn't really solve his problem or answer his question,
as I mentioned when I offered this information.

Likely he needs a programming group, but HLscan does prove
his problem can be solved programmatically.
 
Re: How to recognize a hardlink

Thanks for the replies.

HLCan.exe seems to work fine, but you have to add the "msvcp50.dll"-file
manually.

Thorsten

29.04.2008 20:21, Herb Martins Mail:
> "George Yin(MSFT)" <v-chanyin@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:wCfPZueqIHA.1784@TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl...
>> Hello,
>>
>> Many thanks to Herb for sharing the information.
>>
>> Yes, Hlcan.exe can be used to find out hard links on an NTFS volume, under
>> Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. The command-line tool
>> can
>> be used as:
>>
>> Hlscan /dir <path>
>>
>> Then the output will show all the hard links in the specified path.
>
> But this doesn't really solve his problem or answer his question,
> as I mentioned when I offered this information.
>
> Likely he needs a programming group, but HLscan does prove
> his problem can be solved programmatically.
>
>
 
Re: How to recognize a hardlink


"Thorsten Butz" <thbutz@community.nospam> wrote in message
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> Thanks for the replies.
>
> HLCan.exe seems to work fine, but you have to add the "msvcp50.dll"-file
> manually.

Does that solve you issue? I thought you needed to do this from your
own code?


> 29.04.2008 20:21, Herb Martins Mail:
>> "George Yin(MSFT)" <v-chanyin@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:wCfPZueqIHA.1784@TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl...
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Many thanks to Herb for sharing the information.
>>>
>>> Yes, Hlcan.exe can be used to find out hard links on an NTFS volume,
>>> under
>>> Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. The command-line tool
>>> can
>>> be used as:
>>>
>>> Hlscan /dir <path>
>>>
>>> Then the output will show all the hard links in the specified path.
>>
>> But this doesn't really solve his problem or answer his question,
>> as I mentioned when I offered this information.
>>
>> Likely he needs a programming group, but HLscan does prove
>> his problem can be solved programmatically.
>>
>>
 
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