X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-5.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,FREEMAIL_FROM,KHOP_RCVD_TRUST,KHOP_THREADED,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_YE X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2012 08:42:31 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: SMB symlink compatibility between Cygwin, Windows XP, and Windows 7 From: Earnie Boyd To: cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-IsSubscribed: yes 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 Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 8:33 PM, Brian Alexander wrote: > > Anyone have any other ideas of how to make a shortcut to a SMB path that > will work in both Windows XP and Windows 7, and is also traversable by > cygwin? > I'm not familiar with CYGWIN=winsymlink to understand what it does; I can guess but I've not reviewed the code. You could use junction points for directories. Junction points should work for both XP (regardless of the service pack) and Win7. -- Earnie -- https://sites.google.com/site/earnieboyd -- 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