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Re: Symbolic links problem with cygwin 1.7.1 in 64-bit Win7 Command Prompt
- From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" <reply-to-list-only-lh at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Sun, 03 Jan 2010 21:06:24 -0500
- Subject: Re: Symbolic links problem with cygwin 1.7.1 in 64-bit Win7 Command Prompt
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On 01/01/2010 04:52 PM, Lee Rothstein wrote:
Will Windows junctions (for the path; plus the file name) work, here, Andy?
(http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896768.aspx)
NTFS junctions are for directories only.. For files and directories, one could
use "mklink" on Vista and newer, with the caveats mentioned here
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolic_link#Windows_Vista_symbolic_link>.
Oh and
for all those wondering, this still isn't enough to be a drop-in replacement
for Cygwin's symbolic links unfortunately. If you're curious about this, see
the email archives for discussions about it.
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A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?
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