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From: "Paul Carew" <Paul DOT Carew AT CloseReachCommunications DOT com>
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Subject: Cygwin and Vista symlinks using mklink problem
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 22:12:17 -0500
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Beware!!
I have noticed that Cygwin and the new Vista command 'mklink' do not 
co-exist very happily.
If you create a Vista symlink using mklink and then try to  delete/remove it 
using 'rm', the target is deleted and not the symlink!

Best Regards

A. J. Paul Carew
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