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Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2005 16:35:43 +0200
From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Cygwin and NTFS Junction Points
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On Aug  3 14:32, Frank-Michael Moser wrote:
> Since I have discovered NTFS Junction Points (NTFS 5.0+) I'm using them
> frequently to symbolically link directories in a POSIX conformous way:
> The junction points (JP) are transparent to *any* program using the
> filesystem.
> 
> Unfortunately there are bizarre issues related to manipulating JPs from
> the explorer or with DOS commandline tools:
> 
> http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/NTFS%20Junction%20point
> http://shell-shocked.org/article.php?id=284
> 
> But there are tools which help to avoid these bizarre effects. E.g.
> http://www.elsdoerfer.info/ntfslink/ is an explorer extensions which
> hooks into Windows Explorer, providing extended functionality for
> creating and using JPs on NTFS file systems.
> 
> Now has anybody thought about respecting JPs under Cygwin? Respecting
> JPs at least would mean:
> 
> a) recursively copying JPs (or their parent folders) should not
> recursively copy the content of a JP but copy the JP itself (reproducing
> it at the new location, if possible)
> 
> b) recursively removing JPs (or their parent folders) should not
> recursively remove the content of a JP but remove the JP itself (leaving
> the content of its target folder untouched)
> 
> c) moving JPs (or their parent folders) should not recursively move the
> content of a JP but move the JP itself (leaving the content of its
> target folder untouched)
> 
> Wouldn't this be a valid improvement to Cygwin, at least as an option?
> What is your opinion?

Well... doesn't find -xdev do the job sufficiently already?


Corinna

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