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Date: | Sun, 11 Oct 2015 17:20:01 +0300 |
From: | Andrey Repin <anrdaemon AT yandex DOT ru> |
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To: | Linda Walsh <cygwin AT tlinx DOT org>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com |
Subject: | Re: Running a program using a DLL under Cygwin |
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Greetings, Linda Walsh! >>> I think symlink is a cygwin thing. Windows won't find that DLL (just >>> like you won't find it using windows explorer.) >> >> Unless he have created a Windows symlink, that is correct. >> Explorer, however, may find it, as Cygwin symlinks are Windows LNK files. > ---- > Cygwin symlinks can use native Windows format, if you put 'winsymlinks:native export' > in your 'CYGWIN' env var at startup -- preferably in your Win profile. > However, cygwin occasionally has some bugs in how it creates links: > /tmp> touch x > /tmp> ln -s x y > /tmp> ll x y > -rw-rw-r--+ 1 0 Oct 10 22:27 x > lrwxrwxrwx 1 6 Oct 10 22:28 y -> /tmp/x > /tmp> cmd /c dir ?|grep '\s[xy]' > 10/10/2015 10:32 PM 0 x > 10/10/2015 10:40 PM <SYMLINK> y [C:\tmp\x] > /tmp> rm y > /tmp> mklink x y Do note that native mklink has arguments in the opposite order. (Microsoft...) > symbolic link created for y <<===>> x > tmp> cmd /c dir ?|grep '\s[xy]' > 10/10/2015 10:32 PM 0 x > 10/10/2015 10:43 PM <SYMLINK> y [x] > Normally cygwin can create relative symlinks but for some reason > using these names -- in /tmp, it did not. > (if I used a name other than 'y' for the symlink like 'winlink' or 'cyglink' > then they both were relative links) > Go figger... > Also, FWIW Cygwin 'hardlinks' are Windows 'hardlinks'. > No significant difference. Well, it is a difference. If target of a symlink is deleted and recreated, the symlink will still work. If a hardlinked file is deleted and recreated, it'll lose the link between the two. > So you could use a windows symlink or hardlink created in cygwin > to the location of your 'dll' and it "should" work (but I haven't > tested it) For the purposes of DLL loading, hardlink is probably a good choice. -- With best regards, Andrey Repin Sunday, October 11, 2015 17:17:03 Sorry for my terrible english... -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
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