DOS 8.3 names for Hardlink names? (Advanced topic)

[David Jones]

I don't think this is even possible.
NTFS Hard links are not able to be represented in a 8.3
style format, because they aren't files nor directories,
nor anything else that a FAT file system would
understand.

This is one of those instances where the file system does
matter to DOS programs.

Since the files are still there under their original
paths/filenames, is there a reason you can't process them
with your DOS program with their "true" paths and
filenames?


>-----Original Message-----
>I created a Hardlink name for several files with the
>command FSUTIL HARDLINK CREATE of Windows XP. Then I
want
>to process these new names with a MS-DOS type program,
>but surprise! The Hardlink names don't have an
equivalent
>DOS 8.3 type name as any other file created in Windows
>XP! So the DOS program don't found anyone of them.
>
>So I tried to create a DOS 8.3 name to these Hardlink
>names with the command FSUTIL FILE SETSHORTNAME but,
>surprise again! The SETSHORTNAME command works with all
>Windows XP files EXCEPT those created with HARDLINK!
>
>I really need to process these files with a DOS type
>program. What I can do?
>
>Thanks a lot
>Antonio
>.
>