On Sun, 5 Dec 2021 16:49:13 +0200 Oskar Skog wrote: > But if I create a symlink on that filesystem, it's not identified as a > symlink. Although, I don't know if this has ever worked as it is the > first time I've ever tested it, it probably hasn't ever worked (see > below). > > user@DESKTOP-******* /cygdrive/z$ ln -s report.pdf test.pdf > user@DESKTOP-******* /cygdrive/z$ ls -l report.pdf test.pdf > -rw-r--r-- 1 user None 1454562 Nov 28 12:05 report.pdf > -rw-r--r-- 1 user None 34 Dec 5 16:36 test.pdf > user@DESKTOP-******* /cygdrive/z$ cat test.pdf > !<symlink>▒▒report.pdfuser@DESKTOP-******* /cygdrive/z$ > > I think it's because "special" attributes don't work on VirtualBox > shared folders, I can't hide files in Explorer either. > > So I don't think the patch has caused any regression here.
I cannot reproduce that behaviour. yano@DESKTOP-LSNFFD0 /cygdrive/z $ echo AAAAAAAAAAAA > a yano@DESKTOP-LSNFFD0 /cygdrive/z $ ln -s a b yano@DESKTOP-LSNFFD0 /cygdrive/z $ ls -l b lrwxrwxrwx 1 yano None 1 Dec 6 12:17 b -> a yano@DESKTOP-LSNFFD0 /cygdrive/z $ cat b AAAAAAAAAAAA yano@DESKTOP-LSNFFD0 /cygdrive/z $ mount C:/cygwin/bin on /usr/bin type ntfs (binary,auto) C:/cygwin/lib on /usr/lib type ntfs (binary,auto) C:/cygwin on / type ntfs (binary,auto) C: on /cygdrive/c type ntfs (binary,posix=0,user,noumount,auto) D: on /cygdrive/d type iso9660 (binary,posix=0,user,noumount,auto) Z: on /cygdrive/z type vboxsharedfolderfs (binary,posix=0,user,noumount,auto) Are you running VirtualBox in non-windows host by any chance? cygwin symbolic link seems to work only in NTFS file system. If shared folder is in linux file system, cygwin symbolic link does not work. -- Takashi Yano <takashi.y...@nifty.ne.jp> -- 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
