Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm
List-Subscribe: <mailto:cygwin-subscribe AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Archive: <http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/>
List-Post: <mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Help: <mailto:cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com>, <http://sources.redhat.com/ml/#faqs>
Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com
Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Message-ID: <001b01c22e6d$38a0cb10$1354e4c3@szinapszis>
From: "Bori Attila" <atus AT fw DOT hu>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Re: Samba on Cygwin: symlinks on Windows
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2002 16:09:09 +0100
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain;
	charset="iso-8859-2"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Priority: 3
X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000

Hi all,

> > > Well, I know of at least one worthwile advantage of a Samba port on
Windows.
> > >
> > > Suppose this:
> > > - you have Cygwin installed to the root of a Windows drive (D:)
> > > - you share "/" with Samba, and mount it in Windows, as, say, S:.
> > > - do a "ln -s X Y" and presto: you have a symlink to X on your Windows
box!
> > > You see it as a Windows .lnk on D:, but it looks like a symlink on S:!

Corinna Vinschen asked:
> > I don't get it.  You already have symlinks in Cygwin so what's the
> > actual advantage in this situation?!?

Michael Hoffman wrote:
> If I understand this, I think the idea is that symlinks on S: would appear
> as regular folders to non-Cygwin applications, like Windows Explorer.
> Cute.

Yes! That's the point! And it works for files too, not just folders! A Samba
port on Windows would make it possible for you to use symlinks -- symlinks
that would be visible to native Windows apps. This works locally, and of
course, other workstations that mount the shared resource could also benefit
from this advantage!

Bye,
--
Attila Bori
atus AT fw DOT hu





--
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Bug reporting:         http://cygwin.com/bugs.html
Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/