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On 01/12/2010 04:52 PM, sbremal@hotmail.com wrote:
>
> Thanks! What way do you guys suggest to convert all existing symlinks to
> the .lnk style? Complete reinstall with setup.exe? Hope there is a second
> option... ;-)
>
> There are quite some hits for: find / -exec grep '!<symlink>' {} \;

Right.  And 'find' would be the way to do it.  But if you're going to change
them, you're better off changing them to the Linux/Unix symlink from that
end (same procedure though).  Then the symlinks should be understood as
simlinks on the server and the clients (uses MS's client).

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A: Yes.
 > Q: Are you sure?
 >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
 >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?

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