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   Message 1,943 of 2,445   
   Andrew Leary to Deon George   
   Disable creation of softlinks   
   16 Mar 19 08:28:53   
   
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   MSGID: 1:320/219@fidonet 5c8cec84   
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   TZUTC: -0400   
   TID: MBSE-FIDO 1.0.7.12 (GNU/Linux-x86_64)   
   Hello Deon!   
      
   16 Mar 19 11:44, you wrote to all:   
      
    DG> When MBSE tosses incoming files, is there a setting to stop it   
    DG> creating a symlink? I was going to look through the code, but I   
    DG> thought I'd ask here too, in case this route provides a quicker answer   
    DG> ;)   
      
   There isn't a setting to prevent the creation of symlinks.  MBSE creates    
   symlinks to ensure that every file has both an 8.3 DOS compatible filename and    
   the "real" full filename.   
      
   Andrew   
      
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