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From: Heribert Dahms <heribert_dahms AT icon-gmbh DOT de>
To: "'cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com'" <cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>
Cc: Jason DOT Tishler AT dothill DOT com
Subject: RE: CygUtils Version of zip (and Symlinks)
Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 00:12:24 +0200
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Hi Jason,

I'd look at "tar" which stores symlinks by default
and it's "-h" option to force following them.

Bye, Heribert (heribert_dahms AT icon-gmbh DOT de)

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Chris Faylor [SMTP:cgf AT cygnus DOT com]
> Sent:	Tuesday, May 23, 2000 21:42
> To:	cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
> Cc:	Jason DOT Tishler AT dothill DOT com
> Subject:	Re: CygUtils Version of zip (and Symlinks)
> 
> On Tue, May 23, 2000 at 03:15:24PM -0400, Jason Tishler wrote:
> >Chris,
> >
> >Chris Faylor wrote:
> >> If I am understanding what you're saying correctly, you are
> essentially
> >> trying to break cygwin's encapsulation of symlinks.  There is no
> >> guarantee that a symlink will always begin with "!<symlink>" or
> >> even that the contents will contain any kind of magic denoting a
> symlink.
> >
> >That is why I called it a "very nasty hack."  I'm try to elicit the
> >proper way to read the (raw) contents of a Cygwin symlink file -- if
> >one exists.  Sounds like one doesn't.
> 
> Actually, my version of zip for cygwin has a '-y' option that stores
> symlinks
> and unzip seems to restore them correctly.
> 
> So, this is at least possible already.
> 
> cgf
> 
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