X-Recipient:	archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com
X-Spam-Check-By:	sourceware.org
X-OB-Received:	from unknown (205.158.62.49) by wfilter.us4.outblaze.com; 16 May 2008 19:28:40 -0000
MIME-Version:	1.0
From:	"vapid vapid" <vapid AT mindless DOT com>
To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Date:	Fri, 16 May 2008 14:28:40 -0500
Subject:	links broken during a backup (not restore), need more info on how they work to fix & file bug with vendor
Message-Id:	<20080516192840.1C1061BF28D@ws1-1.us4.outblaze.com>
Mailing-List:	contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm
List-Id:	<cygwin.cygwin.com>
List-Subscribe:	<mailto:cygwin-subscribe AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Archive:	<http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/>
List-Post:	<mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Help:	<mailto:cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com>, <http://sourceware.org/ml/#faqs>
Sender:	cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com
Mail-Followup-To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Delivered-To:	mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
X-MIME-Autoconverted:	from quoted-printable to 8bit by delorie.com id m4GJTDWV031041

Hi,

I believe my backup program (CMS ABS Bounceback) is mucking with the links in my cygwin and work directories when it is creating a backup.  It doesn't appear to affect links created by windows, only those created by cygwin.  I don't fully understand the cygwin links: there are some that end in .lnk and are close to windows shortcuts, and there are others that don't end in .lnk and start with !<symlink>.  Both get broken.  The files still exist, but I get the message "/usr/bin/vi: /usr/bin/vi: cannot execute binary file".  vi looks like a plain file and contains "!<symlink>vim.exe".  Running vim works fine.

It happened to me a few weeks ago and wasn't sure why.  I re-installed cygwin & fixed all the shortcuts in my working/compiled src directories by deleting and recreating them.  Is there an easier way to fix this?  I found one post in the archives saying try "attrib +R", but that didn't help at all, on either kind of link.

I've searched the mailing lists and google and wasn't able to find any help for my problem.   I know people here will say it's a problem with the application, but if I go to the manufacturer they'll say cyg-what(?), our software works fine with windows.


Some sample links in /bin, commands executed under cygwin on windows xp.

$ ls -la vi ksh.exe.*
-rwx------+ 1 usd11620 memememe  319 Apr 18 10:24 ksh.exe.lnk
-rwx------+ 1 usd11620 Users     18 Apr 18 08:12 vi

$ attrib ksh.exe.*   
           C:\cygwin\bin\ksh.exe.lnk

$ attrib vi       
           C:\cygwin\bin\vi

$ cat vi 
!<symlink>vim.exe

$ ksh
bash: ksh: command not found

$ ksh.exe.lnk
/usr/bin/ksh.exe.lnk: /usr/bin/ksh.exe.lnk: cannot execute binary file

$ cat /usr/bin/ksh.exe.lnk | tr -c "[:print:]" . 
L..................F.............................................................P.O. .:i.....+00.../C:\...................:.1......8D5..cygwin..$........8.-.8......c.y.g.w.i.n.....0.1......8....bin..........8...8......b.i.n.....B.2.....x/n. .pdksh.exe.*........8...8......p.d.k.s.h...e.x.e.........pdksh.exe..pdksh.exe


$ cygcheck -s 
....
Windows XP Professional Ver 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 2
....
 1829k 2008/04/17 C:\cygwin\bin\cygwin1.dll
    Cygwin DLL version info:
        DLL version: 1.5.25
        DLL epoch: 19
        DLL bad signal mask: 19005
        DLL old termios: 5
        DLL malloc env: 28
        API major: 0
        API minor: 156
        Shared data: 4
        DLL identifier: cygwin1
        Mount registry: 2
        Cygnus registry name: Cygnus Solutions
        Cygwin registry name: Cygwin
        Program options name: Program Options
        Cygwin mount registry name: mounts v2
        Cygdrive flags: cygdrive flags
        Cygdrive prefix: cygdrive prefix
        Cygdrive default prefix: 
        Build date: Thu Apr 17 12:11:03 CEST 2008
        CVS tag: cr-0x5f1
        Shared id: cygwin1S4



-- 
See Exclusive Video: 10th Annual Young Hollywood Awards
http://www.hollywoodlife.net/younghollywoodawards2008/


--
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html
Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/

- Raw text -