X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=2.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,BOTNET,DATE_IN_FUTURE_03_06 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-id: <4B8C0F61.9010106@cygwin.com> Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:02:57 -0500 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-to: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090320 Remi/2.0.0.21-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.21 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: changes in symbolic links References: <4B8B6C71 DOT 50209 AT columbus DOT rr DOT com> In-reply-to: <4B8B6C71.50209@columbus.rr.com> Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On 03/01/2010 02:27 AM, Paul McFerrin wrote: > Sometime within the past 1-2 years, the format of symbolic links must > have changed. I keep finding broken links in my web pages. The directory > bit is still set but the System attribute is not set anymore. > > If it is true that symbolic links did change, I would like to know which > cygwin1.dll implemented the change and if this dll is still available. I > want to write a tool to search for these mangled links and fix them. I > would like for all of my web pages to work. (unless someone already > wrote such a tool.) See the "(no)winsymlinks" option. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple