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v7.20.0017 - 2008-06-22 17:19
+ Menu Edit | Paste Special: Added command "Create Hard Link(s)".
Creates a new file hard linked to the file currently on the
clipboard (also works for more than one file at a time). Notes:
(1) Hard links can only be created for files, not for folders.
(2) All hard links to a file must be on the same volume (same
drive letter or network share).
(3) Hard links can only be created on NTFS volumes.
(4) The maximum number of hard links that can be created is 1023
per file.
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Some more reading stuff on Hard Links
(cf http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa363860(VS.85).aspx)
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Any directory entry for a file that is created with CreateFile or
CreateHardLink is a hard link to an associated file. An additional
hard link that is created with the CreateHardLink function allows
you to have multiple directory entries for a file, that is,
multiple hard links to the same file, which can be different names
in the same directory, or the same or different names in different
directories. However, all hard links to a file must be on the same
volume.
Because hard links are only directory entries for a file, many
changes to that file are instantly visible to applications that
access it through the hard links that reference it. However, the
directory entry size and attribute information is updated only for
the link through which the change was made.
The security descriptor belongs to the file to which a hard link
points. The link itself is only a directory entry, and does not
have a security descriptor. Therefore, when you change the
security descriptor of a hard link, you a change the security
descriptor of the underlying file, and all hard links that point
to the file allow the newly specified access. You cannot give a
file different security descriptors on a per-hard-link basis.
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* Menu Edit | Paste Special: Renamed command "Paste Shortcut(s)" to
"Create Shortcut(s)". It's semantically better, and it better
matches the other entry in that section ("Create Hard Link(s)").