[Info-vax] Hard links on VMS ODS5 disks

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 7/12/2023 9:34 AM, Chris Townley wrote:
> I am just about to install V9.2-1 and intrigued about hard links.
> 
> When I installed E9.2-1 it asked me if I wanted to enable hard links, 
> with a warning to read the docs, but I wasn't much wiser afterwards.
> 
> I get he impression that it is much cleaner with them enables, but what 
> are the downside risks?
> 
> I have used soft links on *nix for many years, but only for linking to a 
> directory, which you cannot do with hard links
> 
> Any thoughts?

At the risk of sounding very old fashioned then I have a strategy
for soft and hard links on VMS:
* I don't use them
* if VMS itself use them then I assume VSI and previous maintainers
   knows how to use them properly

I answered yes to the question.

Arne