X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:message-id:date:from:mime-version:to:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type; q=dns; s=default; b=umAu5m ByDJjwgJ19hG2sag4M6lXt6Tbqp1EWneNZSEUqK4xVL3sy+PcT/9sRsHSMPx2qsO xW0Ky7No9jTCuqau1KL3HkQHGlYwI2uZSLd5OXBmLCtUaZLJmif3ix9jtotU0okV r/XsPNWeQexdB0d7YBwv0aKdHzn13EwYkoZck= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:message-id:date:from:mime-version:to:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type; s=default; bh=5GTulb+wbPXH d4MP7SQwEeU7BZY=; b=WJDgihRKU0Jg+oCqlk7ByAv3TCzznJrNlVQN7O36mx+J kUDvmdwCeT2KQKNIQuOKRD1jSPia5SRxbMg4/+c9uaF/x96dShdjlPMDxKBtJRrZ 1pl5ThO4UakX6UYoigdn40qJBCcee0XL96PHJzcUyz2T9TgupPNgnJ6My353rtg= 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 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-2.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,BODY_8BITS,FREEMAIL_ENVFROM_END_DIGIT,FREEMAIL_FROM,GARBLED_BODY,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=no version=3.3.2 X-HELO: mail-wi0-f170.google.com X-Received: by 10.180.37.101 with SMTP id x5mr14727802wij.74.1431300871883; Sun, 10 May 2015 16:34:31 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <554FEB00.5030205@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 11 May 2015 01:34:24 +0200 From: David Macek User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; WOW64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.6.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Cannot create a native symlink in not current directory References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pkcs7-signature"; micalg=sha1; boundary="------------ms060604060706080905090105" X-IsSubscribed: yes --------------ms060604060706080905090105 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 10. 5. 2015 23:27, =D0=9F=D1=91=D1=82=D1=80 =D0=91. wrote: > ln -s x y >=20 > Everything works. >=20 > ln -s x ../y >=20 >> ln: failed to create symbolic link =E2=80=98../y=E2=80=99: No such file = or directory >=20 > Now it is interesting. WHAT IS THIS. Am I not getting something? >=20 > Same command works perfectly with non-native links. Maybe you already know, but it took me a while to realize, so I'll mention = it here: `ln -s target ../link` executed in directory /foo/bar will create = /foo/link targeting "target", i.e. /foo/target (and not /foo/bar/target as = I thought). Cygwin refuses to create NTFS symlinks to non-existing targets. This is due= to a mismatch between NTFS and POSIX symlink semantics. 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