On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 9:16 AM, Andrey Repin wrote: > Said that, it IS possible to create a symbolic link to a file in Windows XP, > even though you can't access it afterward.
I think you mean a junction (reparse point) instead of a symbolic link. Yes, it is possible to have a junction to a file even though it isn't supposed to work (meaning documented as not supported). The underlying API will do the right thing but the Windows UI doesn't grok it properly. -- Earnie -- https://sites.google.com/site/earnieboyd -- 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
