X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <469A6AF7.3060301@cygwin.com> Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2007 14:44:07 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070505 Remi/2.0.0.0-3.fc4.remi Thunderbird/2.0.0.0 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Directory Aliasing References: <11596212.post@talk.nabble.com> <469A3E11.7010102@x-ray.at> In-Reply-To: <469A3E11.7010102@x-ray.at> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Reini Urban wrote: > LittleTim schrieb: >> Problem: I do a lot of work in a directory with a long path name: >> C:\very >> long path name\My Work >> >> Question: Instead of having to type cd C:\very long path name\My Work >> everytime I want to switch to this directory, is there any way to do >> aliasing? For example, no matter where I am in the file system, >> typing cd ~ >> will take me to my home directory. I've tried to create a symbolic >> link. Of course the symbolic link is only valid in the directory where >> the >> symbolic link exists, and not from anywhere in the file system. > > use cygwin mount (cygwin only) or hardlinks by ln or junction > (sysinternals.com) I think you mean symlink with 'ln'. Hard links aren't supported for directories. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- 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/