X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4A28135F.2000103@cygwin.com> Date: Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:33:03 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090320 Remi/2.0.0.21-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.21 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: How to change the file mode to link? References: <366c6f340906030948u3c5d3c48v793842b91288f540@mail.gmail.com> <4A26B4DD.9070205@cygwin.com> <366c6f340906031345p2eaf2b4dwcaa15acd4ef055de@mail.gmail.com> <366c6f340906031916r19d2516dg8412746c3da2f8a0@mail.gmail.com> <0105D5C1E0353146B1B222348B0411A201BCE5EB3E@NIHMLBX02.nih.gov> In-Reply-To: <0105D5C1E0353146B1B222348B0411A201BCE5EB3E@NIHMLBX02.nih.gov> 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 Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E] wrote: > 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. >>> Did you not see Barry's response on this thread? >> 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. This is, of course, true by default with the current Cygwin release (1.5). In the next (1.7), the default changes so there is no worry of clobbering the Windows shortcut with "ln -s". Everybody likes a little trivia, right? ;-) -- 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/