X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org X-IronPortListener: Outbound_SMTP From: "Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E]" To: Cygwin Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 09:11:05 -0500 Subject: symlinks: converting Windows shortcuts to cygwin style Message-ID: <0105D5C1E0353146B1B222348B0411A208B5EEA1BC@NIHMLBX02.nih.gov> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-IsSubscribed: yes 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 Does someone have a script that converts symbolic links from "Windows short= cuts with a special header and the R/O attribute set" to "plain files with = a magic number, a path and the system attribute set". (See "(no)winsymlink= s" in .) Would it be better/easier to just delete all <*.lnk> files and reinstall ev= erything? Thanks, - Barry Disclaimer: Statements made herein are not made on behalf of NIAID. -- 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