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> Many of the older .NET class libraries were just not designed with *nix in mind. System.IO still doesn't support symlinks Windows supports symlinks, so that
by zamalek 7y ago
> Many of the older .NET class libraries were just not designed with *nix in mind. System.IO still doesn't support symlinks
Windows supports symlinks, so that problem is not unique to netcore on nix. Many of the newer APIs are designed with explicit support for nix.
- ripley12 7y agoYup, but I think the problem stems from symlinks being relatively uncommon in NTFS compared to nix filesystems - it just wasn't a priority for the original .NET designers who were mostly targeting Windows. https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2016/12/02/symlinks-windows-10/ https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2016/12/02/symlin...