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RE: RFE: removing symbolic link / windows shortcut duality


> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com 
> [mailto:cygwin-owner@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Joe Smith
> Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2005 9:57 PM
> To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: Re: RFE: removing symbolic link / windows shortcut duality
> 
> IIRC Cygwin *is* currently using windows shortcuts for 
> symbolic links. Some simple checks confirm this.
> The shortcut files are sometimes fully formed such that they 
> are editable by right clicking on them, others are only 
> partially formed.
> 
> Windows will resolve them, however symbolic links to 
> executables using implicit '.exe' or symbolic links to 
> symbolic links does not work correctly.
> Those are *not* things that can be fixed because for example 
> the link may have originally pointed to file, which was later 
> replaced by another link. 
> Cygwin should not scan the drive for all links and update 
> them, for that would be absurd.

A slightly less absurd notion would be for Cygwin to keep a list of all
links and update them.

-- 
Gary R. Van Sickle
 



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