Mail Archives: cygwin/2004/05/11/18:12:17
WFM on XP:
/bin> ln -s bash.exe b
The following opens bash in a new window.
/bin> cygstart b.lnk
But in case you are worried that cygstart is doing some cygwin-type magic,
the following also opens bash in a new window.
/bin> cmd /c start b
Opening explorer and double clicking on "b" opens bash in a new window.
Perhaps you have the CYGWIN environmental variable a set to include
"nowinsymlinks". See http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-cygwinenv.html
"use a proper shell" is likely to raise some hackles on this list. Perhaps
you meant "use a 'native' shell".
-----Original Message-----
From: chris
Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 4:21 PM
Cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Executable links?
Just a couple of tiny questions / thoughts.
A number of people (myself included) have been "caught" over the fact
that cygwin shortcuts can obviously not be executed from a windows
shell. There appears to me to be 4 ways of dealing with this
1) Ignore the problem, use a proper shell
2) On NTFS, use hard links. I did this for a while, then I thought I
heard that it could cause problems when programs were updated
3) Have option to duplicate linked files. I've been doing this for a
while now, and the loss of disk space is minimal
4) Replace links to executables with a very small executable which does
the linking process. I've been experimenting a little with this and it
doesn't seem like a bad idea, except a) it involves hacking where you
want to link to into the executable (not too bad), b) the shortcut is no
longer reckonised by ls / ln / etc (would this be hard to fix?) and c) I
can't make a cygwin executable <10kish (this is still not that large,
and I'm sure someone better than me could make it smaller.
Any comments / suggestions?
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