Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Message-ID: From: "Lincoln, W. Terry" To: "'Jens Reimann'" Cc: "'Cygwin Mailing List'" Subject: RE: cygwin ln Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 11:00:50 -0400 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) > From: On Wednesday, August 25, 1999 5:09 AM Jens Reimann [mailto:reim AT pe-muc DOT de] wrote: > > Hi Hello Jens > > do you have some information how the ln command under cygwin > works (can you really create symbolic links??) ... Symbolic links are just regular text file that contain a magic and the file name linked to. They are recognized by having there SYS attribute set only by Cygwin tools. The actual contents of the symlink file for: ln subdir/foo.txt bar.txt is this: ---- begin file contents bar.txt !subdir/foo.txt\0 ---- end file contents bar.txt > > thx You're welcome. > > Jens Reimann > W. Terry Lincoln \ \ _ / Senior Engineer \ \ |J| / Ultimate Technology Corporation \ _|E|_ a Tridex Company (NASDAQ:trdx) \ |_ S _| mailto:WTerryLincoln AT engineer DOT com \ |U| http://terrylincoln.isonfire.com \ / |S| \ http://www.AngelFire.com/ny/TerryLincoln \ | | \ ICQ# 39362285 \ | | =========================================== ~~~~~ Opinions expressed do not represent the management of UTC. (If you reply to the list please don't cc me) begin 600 Warren Terry Lincoln (E-mail).vcf M0D5'24XZ5D-!4D0-"E9%4E-)3TXZ,BXQ#0I..DQI;F-O;&X[5V%R