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Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2001 15:51:41 -0700
From: "Flynn, Connor J" <connor DOT flynn AT pnl DOT gov>
Subject: Re: 1.3.2 Problem tarring/untarring shortcuts
To: "'cygwin AT cygwin DOT com'" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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This email is a confirmation that the problem noted below with tar files and
shortcuts has indeed been fixed in the 
Cygwin1.dll version 1.3.3 .  I've tested the example below (and many other
samples) and they all now work 
properly.  Great job, thanks very much for your efforts!

Best regards,
Connor J. Flynn

>On Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 03:56:46PM -0700, Flynn, Connor J wrote:
>> Under Cygwin1.dll version 1.3.2 with Windows 98 Release 2:
>> 
>> I am having a problem with the name and content of shortcuts being
altered
>> through the tar process.  
>
>Should be solved in the next Cygwin version which only treats
>Cygwin created shortcuts as symlinks and all other shortcuts as
>plain files.
>
>Corinna

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