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Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 13:44:54 -0400
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
To: "'cygwin AT cygwin DOT com'" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Re: Problem with Windows .lnk files treated as Symlinks
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In-Reply-To: <4.3.1.2.20010503104233.02700c48@pop.ma.ultranet.com>; from lhall@rfk.com on Thu, May 03, 2001 at 10:48:05AM -0400

On Thu, May 03, 2001 at 10:48:05AM -0400, Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) wrote:
>>2.) If CYGWIN=nowinsymlinks is set, not only symbolic link
>>     creation but also symbolic link interpretation should
>>     be "classical", i.e. *.lnk files are treated as files.
>
>This may be indicative of a bug.

This isn't a bug.  The setting is only to force creation of old style symlinks.
Either style is supposed to be recognized on "reading".  I suppose the option
could have been "nocreatewinsymlinks"...

cgf

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