Title:			LINKS
Author:			Brian Brunswick
Version:		0.56
Title From:		Documentation
Author From:		Documentation
Version From:		Documentation
Supplier:		Brian Brunswick (Brian.Brunswick@cl.cam.ac.uk)
Date:			01/09/91
Keywords:               File managers
Shareware:		No
Machine:		Archimedes
Operating system:	RISCOS
Memory requirements:	
Peripherals needed:	
Other s/ware needed:	
Directory:		micros/arch/riscos/a/a169
Date mounted/updated:	21/10/92
File names:		a169.arc
Unarchived files:	5
Unarchived size:	13 Kbytes
Omissions:		
See also:		

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Acquiring the package:

Download the uuencoded file and extract using SparkPlug 2 (see the "tools_help"
file in arch/riscos/tools for further info).


Description:

Links supplies semi functional soft links:
* Can be run to run or open or see the object that they point to
* Can be created by ctrl-dragging an object

A Soft link on a disc is a pointer to an object stored elsewhere, set up
so that it behaves exactly like the object it is referring to. This is
much better than making a copy of the object, since it only uses up a
minute amount of disc space, and means that the same options stored within
the object will be accessable wherever it is run from. Unix has soft links
that redirect all file operations and directory searches, but !Links only
redirects Run operations.

To create a soft link, say of an application deep in some directory
structure that you nevertheless want to access from the root of your disk,
drag the application into the root with ctrl held down. A file with a
link icon will be created, containing the real path to the application. If
you double click on this icon, the original object will be run or opened.
Shift double clicking also works to open application directories.