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From: "Dan Adams" <dan AT infochi DOT com>
Subject: Re: Symbolic Links
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 13:16:16 -0700
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When I try to use a windows shortcut file in cygwin it doesn't seem to work.
In the example that I tried, misc.lnk is the name of the shortcut from
windows.

dan AT dan-infochi ~/Finance>ls
Auto.xls    Copy of Daniel Adams.mny  Financial Plan.doc      Insurance
Inventory.doc  Stock Stats.xls  stock.xls
Bills.xls   Daniel Adams.mny          Fraud Hotline 1800.doc  Misc.lnk
other
Checks.xls  Distribution.xls          History.xls             Paychecks.xls
personal.mdb
dan AT dan-infochi ~/Finance>cd Misc.lnk
Misc.lnk: Not a directory.

That is the attempt I did, with the output. Do I need to do something
specific to get this to work?

Dan

"Paul Kraus" <pkraus AT pelsupply DOT com> wrote in message
news:001601c3c343$c6a2d090$39fea8c0 AT pkraus...
> I have not tested this but per the docs on cygwin site the new version
> does follow windows shortcut link files.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com
> > [mailto:cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com] On Behalf Of Dan Adams
> > Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 2:39 PM
> > To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> > Subject: Re: Symbolic Links
> >
> >
> > Part of the reason I am interested in this, I guess I forgot
> > to say is to be able to have both Windows and Cygwin
> > recognize the links. If I use the windows shortcut creation,
> > cygwin doesn't recognize it. If I use the cygwin thing below,
> > excel doesn't recognize it, but windows does.
> >
> > Dan
> >
> > "Dan Adams" <dan AT infochi DOT com> wrote in message
> > news:brl2a7$6uc$1 AT sea DOT gmane DOT org...
> > > Hi, I have been using the symbolic links feature of cygwin to link
> > > from
> > one
> > > folder to another in my system. I know that is not a big beneficial
> > > use of cygwin, but it is one that adds to the benefit of cygwin. I
> > > also use
> > cygwin
> > > for other stuff.
> > >
> > > I was wondering, does anyone know is something specific is
> > needed to
> > > be
> > able
> > > to link from one folder to another, for example I am linking from
> > > C:\My Documents to D:\Finance in a link file called other. Honestly
> > > this works
> > in
> > > the file manager part of windows explorer, one desire I
> > have ot this
> > > would be to be able to use this in Microsoft Excel by
> > clicking on the
> > > "My Documents" link on the left side and then by opening the folder
> > > called "other" in the file list. The only problem with this
> > is that by
> > > using the command "ln -s "D:\Finance" other" does not
> > actually let the
> > > folder show
> > up
> > > in excel. Is this possible, or is this maybe a future feature that
> > > will be implemented? If it is in the feature, I know I would
> > > appreciate the
> > ability.
> > >
> > > Dan Adams - dan AT infochi DOT com
> > > http://www.infochi.com
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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