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Subject: RE: Can't print because .lnk makes printer name invalid
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 12:02:24 -0500
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Igor Peshansky [mailto:pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu] 
> Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 2:22 PM
> To: Rockefeller, Harry
> Cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> Subject: Re: Can't print because .lnk makes printer name invalid
> 
> On Thu, 20 Apr 2006, Rockefeller, Harry wrote:
> 
> > I had our UNIX administrator work on this for a couple of days.  He
> > totally reinstalled Cygwin.  The problem still exists.
> 
> This has nothing to do with Cygwin -- the link is probably on 
> the server
> share...  Can you "ls" it and see what the permissions are?

I don't know what you mean.

I can open and view the security tab on the properties section
of the Windows share.

I created a desktop shortcut to the printer and searched all
files for *servername.lnk but only the desktop link shows up.
I interpret this to mean that Cygwin itself is appending
'.lnk' to the printer share.

The short description of how links are handled in the Cygwin
FAQ leaves me confused to.  I have experience in Linux.
I have less experience in MS Windows and relatively no experience
where these intersect - such as Cygwin.

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