On Nov 22 19:04, Achim Gratz wrote: > Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin writes: > > In fact, Windows symlinks can easily be created as dangling symlinks > > as well. Try cmd's `mklink foo bar' with non-existent bar in developer > > mode or an elevated shell. > > However you need to tell it if that name points to a directory or a > file, it cannot change afterwards on the fly.
Yes, but only Explorer actually cares. Nevertheless, it's one of the most annoying Windows "features" since Vista. Corinna -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
