Ln can't hard link into named directory. e.g.
Ln ... TARGET... DIRECTORY (3rd form) and ln ... -t DIRECTORY TARGET... (4th form) both fail when DIRECTORY is named (but appear to work when DIRECTORY = '.' (current directory)) returning error message 'ln: Cannot create a file when that file already exists.' when TARGET is named file or 'ln: The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.' when TARGET is '*' (wildcard). I am running cygwin 1.7.17-1 and coreutils 8.15-1, calling above commands from cmd.exe 5.2.3790.3959 on Windows Server 2003 sp2 x32. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
