X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org X-IronPortListener: Outbound_SMTP From: "Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E]" To: "cygwin@cygwin.com" , "'Peng Yu'" Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 10:07:52 -0400 Subject: RE: How to change the file mode to link? Message-ID: <0105D5C1E0353146B1B222348B0411A201BCE5EB3E@NIHMLBX02.nih.gov> References: <366c6f340906030948u3c5d3c48v793842b91288f540@mail.gmail.com> <4A26B4DD.9070205@cygwin.com> <366c6f340906031345p2eaf2b4dwcaa15acd4ef055de@mail.gmail.com> <366c6f340906031916r19d2516dg8412746c3da2f8a0@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <366c6f340906031916r19d2516dg8412746c3da2f8a0@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-IsSubscribed: yes 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 Peng Yu wrote on Wednesday, June 03, 2009 10:17 PM: > On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 4:45 PM, Mark Geisert wrote: >> Peng Yu writes: >>> Is there such a cygwin command to extract the link from a windows >>> link. >>=20 >> Did you not see Barry's response on this thread? >=20 > I missed it before I sent this message. Sorry. One more thing that you should be aware of: - The filename of a Windows shortcut is of the form . - The filename of a symbolic link is of the form . So if you create the link in the same directory as the shortcut, you will clobber the shortcut. - Barry Disclaimer: Statements made herein are not made on behalf of NIAID. -- 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/