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On Jul 31 21:33, wynfield AT gmail DOT com wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> I never noticed  .lnk externsion files in my /cygwin directories, but now I
> seem to have a lot.   Also there are the links that show up with the 
> permission flags and pointer -> as shown below.
> 
> I think either a) a test version of setup caused it and it is wrong or
> b) it is intentional and alright, or c.) some strange artifact of typing way to fast without thinking about file system effects by me...
> 
> lrwxrwxrwx  1 djh Users  19 Jul 16 09:33 /bin/db_hotbackup.exe -> db4.5_hotbackup.exe
> -rwxr-x---+ 1 djh Users 343 Jun 30 23:38 /bin/db_load.exe.lnk
> 
> lrwxrwxrwx  1 ???????? Users        7 Jun 30 23:35 uniqleaf -> texexec
> -rwxr-x---+ 1 djh      Users   975360 Jul  7 03:18 unison-2.13.exe
> -rwxr-x---+ 1 djh      Users      145 May 25 10:21 unison.exe.lnk
> 
> and 
> 
> ls -l /usr/include/*png*
> -rw-r--r--+ 1 djh   137 Jun 17 11:05 /usr/include/libpng.lnk
> -rw-r--r--+ 1 djh   135 Jun 17 11:05 /usr/include/png.h.lnk
> -rw-r--r--+ 1 djh   143 Jun 17 11:05 /usr/include/pngconf.h.lnk
> 
> With this when I try to build a program, ie, emacs, it dies saying
> it can not find png.h
> 
> Any help and advice is appreciated.

You probably removed the R/O attribute from the .lnk files.  It's
essential for shortcats to be recognized as Cygwin symlinks.  Try
something along the lines of

  cd /usr/include
  attrib +r png.h.lnk

or, for a bulk conversion

  find / -xdev -name '*.lnk' -exec attrib +r '{}' \;

and see if it helps.


Corinna

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