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Subject: Re: Symbolic links problem with cygwin 1.7.1 in 64-bit Win7 Command  	Prompt
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> Will Windows junctions (for the path; plus the file name) work, here, Andy?
> (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896768.aspx)
>
> (Admittedly, a kludge, but this is Windows, after all. ;-))
>
> Lee

Actually, in Windows 7, Microsoft has implemented true symbolic links
(as far as I know).
Maybe it is also in Vista?
Anyway, is that (microsoft's true symlinks) feature used in cygwin 1.7?
Apparently not, since it would solve my problem.

Tuli

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