X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4B414D20.9010503@cygwin.com> Date: Sun, 03 Jan 2010 21:06:24 -0500 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: Symbolic links problem with cygwin 1.7.1 in 64-bit Win7 Command Prompt References: <4B3B8DC7.7030704@cygwin.com> <416096c61001011300r72916ae9j22d5109b6df280d5@mail.gmail.com> <4B3E6E98.8000109@veritech.com> In-Reply-To: <4B3E6E98.8000109@veritech.com> 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 On 01/01/2010 04:52 PM, Lee Rothstein wrote: > Will Windows junctions (for the path; plus the file name) work, here, Andy? > (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896768.aspx) NTFS junctions are for directories only.. For files and directories, one could use "mklink" on Vista and newer, with the caveats mentioned here . Oh and for all those wondering, this still isn't enough to be a drop-in replacement for Cygwin's symbolic links unfortunately. If you're curious about this, see the email archives for discussions about it. -- 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? -- 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