Well, It turns out that my problem has been solved by ondemand software. They purchased the Win-Install program from Veritas a while ago. With the release of Windows Server 2003, they've released Win Install LE 2003.
http://www.ondemandsoftware.com/FREELE2003/ This version actually correctly recognizes no-extension files with the system flag and preserves it. Off to build a working version. Thanks for the help everyone. -Mark R. -----Original Message----- From: Larry Hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 10:01 AM To: Mark R. Cc: 'Gary R. Van Sickle'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Why do symlinks need to be system files Mark R. wrote: > That does make sense. I've played around with using ln -s to create my > own symlinks. The odd thing is that these are all being created as > shortcuts vs this other method. Now that I'm in the "I'm just curious" > mode - Does anyone know why the two different methods are used? > > -Mark One is method is "old" and one is "new". Setup uses the "old" method. See: <http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-cygwinenv.html> and look for '(no)winsymlinks'. You too can use the "old" method if you like. ;-) -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
