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Re: Why do symlinks need to be system files
- From: Larry Hall <cygwin-lh at cygwin dot com>
- To: "Mark R." <mcr2z at cs dot virginia dot edu>
- Cc: "'Gary R. Van Sickle'" <g dot r dot vansickle at worldnet dot att dot net>, cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2003 10:01:13 -0400
- Subject: Re: Why do symlinks need to be system files
- References: <200307021242.h62CgfpK019230@ares.cs.Virginia.EDU>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
Mark R. wrote:
That does make sense. I've played around with using ln -s to create my own
symlinks. The odd thing is that these are all being created as shortcuts vs
this other method. Now that I'm in the "I'm just curious" mode - Does anyone
know why the two different methods are used?
-Mark
One is method is "old" and one is "new". Setup uses the "old" method.
See:
<http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-cygwinenv.html>
and look for '(no)winsymlinks'. You too can use the "old" method if
you like. ;-)
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