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NTFS links

NTFS links are the abstraction used in the NTFS file system—the default file system for all Microsoft Windows versions belonging to the Windows NT family—to associate pathnames and certain kinds of metadata, with entries in the NTFS Master File Table (MFT). NTFS broadly adopts a pattern akin to typical Unix file systems in the way it stores and…

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NTFS links

Nodes63
Edges62
Triples32
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.031746
Components1

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NTFS links

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related to Command-line tools · 18
NTFS links → Another, Finally, In, In PowerShell, Itshardlinksub-command, NTFS, PowerShell, ReactOS, Starting, TheGet-ItemandGet-ChildItemcmdlets, TheNew-Itemcmdlet, TheRemove-Itemcmdlet, This, Windows, Windows Command Prompt, Windows PowerShell, Windows Server, Windows Vista
related to Symbolic links · 11
NTFS links → All NTFS, Junction Points, Linux, MFT, NTFS, Support, Symbolic, This, To, UNC, Unix

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links windows ntfs file hard directory link symbolic system junction junctions files mft points volume may target record point path

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Cygwininstance ofand is not transparent to applications.Implementations of Unix-like environments for Windows0.80text
MinGW can use shortcut files to emulate symbolic links where the host operating system does not support theminstance ofand is not transparent to applications.Implementations of Unix-like environments for Windows0.80text
if configured to do soinstance ofand is not transparent to applications.Implementations of Unix-like environments for Windows0.80text
NTFS linksrelated to Command-line toolsWindows0.60section
NTFS linksrelated to Command-line toolsNTFS0.60section
NTFS linksrelated to Command-line toolsPowerShell0.60section
NTFS linksrelated to Command-line toolsTheNew-Itemcmdlet0.60section
NTFS linksrelated to Command-line toolsWindows PowerShell0.60section
NTFS linksrelated to Command-line toolsIn PowerShell0.60section
NTFS linksrelated to Command-line toolsTheGet-ItemandGet-ChildItemcmdlets0.60section
NTFS linksrelated to Command-line toolsTheRemove-Itemcmdlet0.60section
NTFS linksrelated to Command-line toolsWindows Command Prompt0.60section

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