Andrey Repin wrote: > Greetings, Matthias Meyer! > >>>> I've installed cygwin 1.7.20 on my Windows7 and try to get reparse data >>>> of a junction point: >>>> getfattr -h -e hex -n system.ntfs_reparse_data >>>> /cygdrive/C/Users/Default\ User but I get an error: >>>> /cygdrive/C/Users/Default User: system.ntfs_reparse_data: Not supported >>> >>>> If I mount the drive in Linux with ntfs-3g it will work. I get: >>>> # file: /cygdrive/C/Users/Default User >>>> system.ntfs_reparse_data=0x030000a0f00000000000760078006e005c.... >>> >>>> Anyone knows this "problem"? Is there a(nother) way to get the >>>> system.ntfs_reparse_data? Maybee with a windows program? >>> >>>> I'ld like to restore a junction point within Linux/ntfs-3g. >>> >>> http://www.cygwin.com/ >>> The first four paragraphs. >>> TL;DR: You're looking the wrong way. > >> Thanks for the answer but it doesn't help me ;) > > Ok, I can give you another answer, more detailed, but I have no idea, how > much more usable, as I'm no expert in low-level NTFS specifics. > I can imagine Cygwin tools being able to read, store and restore > OS-specific file attributes, but I doubt these attributes have any use > outside OS. I.e., I was unable to use NTFS junction point under Linux. But not me ;) If I can get the reparse data of a junction and store it in a backup I'm able to boot a PC into Linux and recreate the junction-point. That's my goal. > Junction was to a second partition of the same drive, so there's no > possibility of missing partitions or similar mistakes on my part. ntfs-3g > just doesn't work the same way, as native Windows NTFS driver. Maybee I missunderstood what you are saying. My english isn't well too :) But ntfs-3g supports the reparse data. I can read (getfattr) the reparse data and I can create (setfattr) junctions too. Unfortunatly it seems that getfattr didn't read the reparse data in cygwin environment. > > Oh, also... Are you sure you have full low-level access to partition in > question? I.e., it is not blocked by antivirus, or UAC? > No, I'm not sure. In the meantime I find fsutil.exe and tried: C:\> cd \Users\meyer C:\> fsutil Cookies Error: Access is denied.
But than I tried: C:\> mklink /J test C:\Users\meyer\AppData\Roaming\....\Cookies C:\> fsutil test and this will work. I get my reparse data :) I will see if I can reuse this data with setfattr. br Matthias -- Don't Panic -- 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
