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From: "Neil Mowbray" <Neil DOT Mowbray AT calgacus DOT com>
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Subject: Symbolic links on NTFS with real symbolic links
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:26:55 +0800
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Dear Folks,

On NTFS systems that support real symbolic links (eg those with Vista)
the comand ln -s does *not* create a native symbolic link merely an old
style shortcut.

Will ln -s be chansed to support native symbolic links?

Also rm <link> removes the target of the symbolic link not the link file.
Is this what you want?

Regards, Neil


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