Specification of the Umsdos file system for LINUX

# Symbolic links

[linux/fs/umsdos/namei.c,407]
#Specification: symbolic links / strategy

A symbolic link is simply a file which hold a path. It is implemented as a normal MSDOS file (not very space efficient :-()

I see 2 different way to do it. One is to place the link data in unused entry of the EMD file. The other is to have a separate file dedicated to hold all symbolic links data.

Lets go for simplicity...