My take on this: ln -s /source /destination should create "symbolic" links; the closest approximation in the NT world is either "subst.exe" (not quite the same, really more like `mount` for DOS) or a .LNK file (which, as you've noticed, doesn't do anything for you from a cmd.exe command line, although it will work fine from windows explorer).
ln -d /source /destination should perhaps create a junction point (as a non-administrative windows user couldn't create one either). Keeping in mind that the Posix representation of the filesystem is just that, it's probably best to just make a note that linkd and junction are available tools and not bother having cygwin do this at all. --Kevin -----Original Message----- From: Kim, Anthony [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 10:53 AM 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). -- 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/
