Hi Paul, > I know some packages use "Links" to make executables in the > executable %PATH% to make them callable from any directory.
You're probably talking about the BAT and COM files in C:\FreeDOS\LINKS. > The question I ask myslf, is why is is the exception rather than the norm? Because probably nobody cared so far. And not everybody wants it that way. > Would it make it significantly slower? No. But it takes more space on disk, because every "link" occupies one cluster on disk. Size of a cluster depends on HDD capacity and partition type (FAT12, FAT16, FAT32). E.g., on a 2 GB FAT16 partition a cluster is 32 KB large. B64.COM is only 76 bytes large, but takes 32 KB nevertheless. On a 2 GB FAT32 partition a cluster is only 4 KB large, so B64.COM would take 4 KB only. Default cluster size for NTFS, FAT, and exFAT https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/default-cluster-size-for-ntfs-fat-and-exfat-9772e6f1-e31a-00d7-e18f-73169155af95 Not to forget: More links also means higher chance for a name conflict. Cheers, Robert -- BTTR Software https://www.bttr-software.de/ DOS ain't dead https://www.bttr-software.de/forum/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
