Index: ntea.cc
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/src/winsup/cygwin/ntea.cc,v
retrieving revision 1.3
diff -u -p -2 -r1.3 ntea.cc
--- ntea.cc	2000/09/08 02:56:54	1.3
+++ ntea.cc	2001/05/10 12:54:08
@@ -255,5 +255,5 @@ NTReadEARaw (HANDLE hFileSource, int *le
 
 BOOL __stdcall
-NTWriteEA (const char *file, const char *attrname, char *buf, int len)
+NTWriteEA (const char *file, const char *attrname, const char *buf, int len)
 {
   /* return immediately if NTEA usage is turned off */
Index: path.cc
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/src/winsup/cygwin/path.cc,v
retrieving revision 1.137
diff -u -p -2 -r1.137 path.cc
--- path.cc	2001/05/09 18:59:10	1.137
+++ path.cc	2001/05/10 12:54:13
@@ -2421,4 +2421,5 @@ symlink (const char *topath, const char 
 		    && WriteFile (h, w32topath, win_len, &written, NULL)
 		    && written == win_len;
+          NTWriteEA(win32_path, SYMLINK_EA_NAME, topath, strlen (topath) + 1);
 	}
       else
@@ -2703,4 +2704,12 @@ symlink_info::check (char *path, const s
       if (!sym_check)
 	goto file_not_symlink;
+
+      if (sym_check > 0 &&
+          (res = NTReadEA (suffix.path, SYMLINK_EA_NAME, contents, sizeof (contents)) - 1) > 0)
+	{
+	  pflags = PATH_SYMLINK;
+	  debug_printf ("got symlink from ea: %s", contents);
+	  goto out;
+	}
 
       /* Open the file.  */
Index: path.h
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/src/winsup/cygwin/path.h,v
retrieving revision 1.26
diff -u -p -2 -r1.26 path.h
--- path.h	2001/04/17 23:12:11	1.26
+++ path.h	2001/05/10 12:54:13
@@ -129,4 +129,6 @@ class path_conv
 #define SYMLINK_COOKIE "!<symlink>"
 
+#define SYMLINK_EA_NAME ".CYGSYMLINK"
+
 /* Socket marker */
 #define SOCKET_COOKIE  "!<socket >"
Index: security.h
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/src/winsup/cygwin/security.h,v
retrieving revision 1.7
diff -u -p -2 -r1.7 security.h
--- security.h	2001/04/30 21:19:42	1.7
+++ security.h	2001/05/10 12:54:13
@@ -103,3 +103,3 @@ extern SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES *__stdcall se
 
 int __stdcall NTReadEA (const char *file, const char *attrname, char *buf, int len);
-BOOL __stdcall NTWriteEA (const char *file, const char *attrname, char *buf, int len);
+BOOL __stdcall NTWriteEA (const char *file, const char *attrname, const char *buf, int len);