Novell Doc: OES 1 - Creating a Hard Link for Testing Purposes (OES SP1 NetWare, NetWare 6.5 SP4)

21.5 Creating a Hard Link for Testing Purposes (OES SP1 NetWare, NetWare 6.5 SP4)

For testing purposes only, you can use a server console command to create hard links on OES SP1 NetWare or NetWare 6.5 SP4.

Prerequisite

The NSS volume on NetWare has been upgraded to use the new metadata structure. For information, see Upgrading the NSS Media Format (NetWare).
The Hard Links attribute is enabled for the volume. For information, see Section 21.2, Enabling or Disabling the Hard Links Attribute (OES SP1 NetWare, NetWare 6.5 SP4).

Procedure for Creating a Hard Link for Testing Purposes

To create a hard link from the server console: At a command prompt, enter

nss /CreateHardLink=PrimaryFilePath|HardLinkFilePath

Replace PrimaryFilePath with the complete volume name, pathname, and filename of the primary file. Replace HardLinkFilePath with the complete volume name, pathname, and filename of the new hard link. Hard links must be created on the same volume as the original file.

IMPORTANT:The file paths are specified using the Long name space.

For example, to create a hard link on VOL1:

nss /CreateHardLink=VOL1:\path\file.ext|VOL1:\newpath\newfile.ext