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To: Andrey Repin via Cygwin <cygwin@cygwin.com>
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Subject: Re: Cygwin tool to differ junctions from soft links?
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AFAIK no. what I do is re-implement 'ln' with a wrapper because the Cygwin behavior (Junctions) was driving me up the wall.
https://github.com/tb3088/shell-environment/blob/ccf7aa161899c2c4ebe2d9e980e674bc726a3ef3/.functions_os.CYGWIN_NT#L9

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    On Thursday, November 16, 2023 at 03:50:24 AM EST, Andrey Repin via Cygwin <cygwin@cygwin.com> wrote:  
 
 Greetings, Martin Wege!

> Does Cygwin have a command line tool (Scriptable!) which can be used
> to differ between soft links and Windows junctions?

It would be easier to help you, if you specify the purpose of your request.
I.e. what you want to achieve with such tool.


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Andrey Repin
Thursday, November 16, 2023 11:46:09

Sorry for my terrible english...


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