On Thu, Dec 06, 2001, Gerald Villemure wrote: > There is a tool in the Win2K ResKit called "linkd.exe" which will alow you > to create "Junction Points" from the command line. > > Hope this helps, > Gerald
Yes, this tool exists and I use it :) But I mean to say, wouldn't it be nice and consistent if ln -s <dir> <link> worked like linkd as opposed to creating a shortcut. I am aware of "mount" under cygwin but the mount is not exported to Windows. No big deal. I can survive. Thanks! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kim, Anthony" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 4:52 PM > Subject: Windows 2000 Junction Points > > > > Windows 2000 (having NTFS 5.0) allows the creation of directory > > symbolic links. This can be used as mount points for hard drive > > volumes or to symlink directories across file systems. In the > > literature, the directory links are called "junction points". > > > > Disk Administration snap-in can be used to mount a drive to a > > directory or you can use linkd.exe (ResKit) or junction.exe > > (SysInternals). > > > > This is the closest thing I can find to simulate: > > > > ln -s /source /destination > > > > Now here's my question: > > > > When you perform a directory symlink in cygwin, you end up with a > > .LNK file even though you can cd into the link. > > > > $ pwd > > /mnt > > $ ln -s /cygdrive/c /mnt/test > > $ ls -l > > total 20 > > dr-xr-xr-x 6 Administ Administ 0 Dec 6 09:47 ./ > > dr-xr-xr-x 12 Administ Administ 4096 Nov 28 12:48 ../ > > dr-xr-xr-x 12 Administ Administ 8192 Dec 6 09:47 c/ > > dr-xr-xr-x 3 Administ Administ 4096 Dec 3 12:48 d/ > > dr-xr-xr-x 5 Administ Administ 4096 Dec 3 12:48 e/ > > drwxr-xr-x 1 vciadmin Administ 0 Dec 4 08:35 h/ > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 vciadmin Administ 94 Dec 6 09:47 test -> > /cygdrive/c/ > > > > $ cd test > > $ ls > > <directory listing> > > > > This works as expected. However, from outside cygwin: > > > > $ cmd > > > > G:\cygwin\mnt>dir > > dir > > Volume in drive G is DATA > > Volume Serial Number is 98D5-B7E1 > > > > Directory of G:\cygwin\mnt > > > > 12/06/2001 09:47a <DIR> . > > 12/06/2001 09:47a <DIR> .. > > 11/28/2001 11:26a <JUNCTION> c > > 11/28/2001 11:26a <JUNCTION> d > > 11/28/2001 11:27a <JUNCTION> e > > 12/04/2001 08:34a <JUNCTION> h > > 12/06/2001 09:47a 94 test.lnk > > > > So the effect is lost. > > > > Because hard links work in cygwin as expected, is it far fetched > > for ln -s <directory> <linkname> to create actual junction points > > instead of .LNK files? > > > > If I'm way off base here, please feel free to let me know :) > > > > Cheers! > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > > Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html > > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > > > > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
