[p4] Linking support in the server

[Jesus de Santos Garcia]

Hi,

We have a scenario where we need to share some directories between 
several applications and want those shared directories under the 
application directory. For example:

PERFORCE:

  \Common\Data

  \App0\
  \App1\
  \App2\

VIEW IN THE CLIENT OF App0
--------------------------

C:\App0\Data

VIEW IN THE CLIENT OF App1
--------------------------

C:\App1\Data

VIEW IN THE CLIENT OF App0
--------------------------

C:\App1\Data


At first, we tried with specific mapping in the client workspace to 
accomplish this. The problem appeared when an user works in several 
applications and cannot map a directory to several directories...

How is the recommended way to solve this?

In the past, I remember using links in SourceSafe to solve this. I've 
seen that p4 server support a type link, but it is supposed to work only 
in linux (?). Are they supported in a Win32 server (using the links in 
NTFS with linkd for example).

Thanks.