X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:06:57 +0100 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: NTFS Symlinks (reparse point) redux Message-ID: <20091110080657.GR26344@calimero.vinschen.de> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <4AF357E1.4010106@tlinx.org> <20091105230119.GB2699@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <4AF39229.6050204@tlinx.org> <4AF39A7F.7010000@cygwin.com> <20091106104446.GB26344@calimero.vinschen.de> <4AF905A8.10605@tlinx.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4AF905A8.10605@tlinx.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: 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 On Nov 9 22:18, Linda Walsh wrote: > Anyone know what happens under the included POSIX subsystem in > Vista (and I assume Win7), when it creates symlinks? I can't imagine > they use ".lnk" file extensions -- but if they use "reparse point" links, > I'd think they'd almost have to store posix path information in them. I > wonder if a posix created symlink is compatible (usable) by a dos/win app? > > Maybe there's something usable from the posix subsystem that would work for > both purposes? Just a thought -- I haven't looked into the posix subsystem > under vista. Under W7 SUA is still using its own brew of symlinks which is equivalent to the default Cygwin symlinks: A file with the SYSTEM DOS attribute set, a magic cookie ("IntxLNK\1"), and the target filename. Cygwin 1.7 can read Interix symlinks. Of course, due to the different directory tree layout (/cygdrive/c ==> /dev/fs/C), absolute paths in Interix might point into nirvana under Cygwin. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- 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