Dear Monks,

I am working on WinXP, and have questions about the link() function, as it has not much description on perldoc -f

First is a such case : I create "a.txt" I link "b.txt" via "a.txt"; now if I edit "b.txt", the content of "a.txt" changed too, vice versa

Then, I pick a "x.jpg" and then linked by "y.jpg". I edit either x.jpg or y.jpg, they wont sync like a-b.txt did.

Of cause, all testing files are on the same drive ( same dir too ).

Questions are :

1. Which one is the expected result ? Should the linked files content sync or not sync ?

2. Is link() only work on text file or binary, or both?

3. Is link() like other hard link, only work on the same drive ? Or it works on the same hard disk ? or all harddisk ? Or any valid path ?

In reply to about link() by exilepanda

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