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Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2020 21:56:47 +0300
From: Andrey Repin <anrdaemon@yandex.ru>
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To: Rainer Emrich <rainer@emrich-ebersheim.de>, cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: Change in logical link behaviour
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Greetings, Rainer Emrich!

> Ok, so I can't rely on powershell here. Is there a recommended procedure
> for what I try in a script?

> Check if the current cygwin environment is able to create native symlinks.

There's more than just Cygwin involved.

1. Target FS may not support symlinks.
2. User may not have necessary permission.

If, for some reason, you DO actually required to create symlinks, go with
winsymlinks:native, they are safer for use and relatively well supported in
other tools.


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With best regards,
Andrey Repin
Wednesday, March 4, 2020 21:50:02

Sorry for my terrible english...


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