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From: "Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E]" <BBuchbinder AT niaid DOT nih DOT gov>
To: Cygwin <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 09:11:05 -0500
Subject: symlinks: converting Windows shortcuts to cygwin style
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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 <http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-cygwinenv.html>.)

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.


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