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This task assumes unix, for example: "keep in mind symlinks". (So presumably it's legal to use os-specific code that would fail on windows?) --[[User:Rdm|Rdm]] 19:43, 9 November 2011 (UTC) Then again, it specifies "avoid external commands" so presumably this means that libc should not be used from non-C languages? I'm not sure which requirements take precedence over which other requirements here. --[[User:Rdm|Rdm]] 19:46, 9 November 2011 (UTC) |
This task assumes unix, for example: "keep in mind symlinks". (So presumably it's legal to use os-specific code that would fail on windows?) --[[User:Rdm|Rdm]] 19:43, 9 November 2011 (UTC) Then again, it specifies "avoid external commands" so presumably this means that libc should not be used from non-C languages? I'm not sure which requirements take precedence over which other requirements here. --[[User:Rdm|Rdm]] 19:46, 9 November 2011 (UTC) |
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:It looks like later versions of Windows [[wp:Symbolic_link#Windows_7_.26_Vista_symbolic_link|do have symbolic links]], but I never used symbolic links very much on any platform, so I don't know how important the operational differences are. --[[User:Mwn3d|Mwn3d]] 19:50, 9 November 2011 (UTC) |
:It looks like later versions of Windows [[wp:Symbolic_link#Windows_7_.26_Vista_symbolic_link|do have symbolic links]], but I never used symbolic links very much on any platform, so I don't know how important the operational differences are. --[[User:Mwn3d|Mwn3d]] 19:50, 9 November 2011 (UTC) |
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::Interesting, and they seem to work. And the "It is assumed" part of this task presumably means that if the program needs administrative privileges, it can be assumed to have them (I do not know what privileges are needed by default to rename or delete these links but administrator is needed by default to create them). --21:53, 9 November 2011 (UTC) |
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Assumes unix
This task assumes unix, for example: "keep in mind symlinks". (So presumably it's legal to use os-specific code that would fail on windows?) --Rdm 19:43, 9 November 2011 (UTC) Then again, it specifies "avoid external commands" so presumably this means that libc should not be used from non-C languages? I'm not sure which requirements take precedence over which other requirements here. --Rdm 19:46, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
- It looks like later versions of Windows do have symbolic links, but I never used symbolic links very much on any platform, so I don't know how important the operational differences are. --Mwn3d 19:50, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
- Interesting, and they seem to work. And the "It is assumed" part of this task presumably means that if the program needs administrative privileges, it can be assumed to have them (I do not know what privileges are needed by default to rename or delete these links but administrator is needed by default to create them). --21:53, 9 November 2011 (UTC)