I have not tested this but per the docs on cygwin site the new version does follow windows shortcut link files.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan Adams > Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 2:39 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Symbolic Links > > > Part of the reason I am interested in this, I guess I forgot > to say is to be able to have both Windows and Cygwin > recognize the links. If I use the windows shortcut creation, > cygwin doesn't recognize it. If I use the cygwin thing below, > excel doesn't recognize it, but windows does. > > Dan > > "Dan Adams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hi, I have been using the symbolic links feature of cygwin to link > > from > one > > folder to another in my system. I know that is not a big beneficial > > use of cygwin, but it is one that adds to the benefit of cygwin. I > > also use > cygwin > > for other stuff. > > > > I was wondering, does anyone know is something specific is > needed to > > be > able > > to link from one folder to another, for example I am linking from > > C:\My Documents to D:\Finance in a link file called other. Honestly > > this works > in > > the file manager part of windows explorer, one desire I > have ot this > > would be to be able to use this in Microsoft Excel by > clicking on the > > "My Documents" link on the left side and then by opening the folder > > called "other" in the file list. The only problem with this > is that by > > using the command "ln -s "D:\Finance" other" does not > actually let the > > folder show > up > > in excel. Is this possible, or is this maybe a future feature that > > will be implemented? If it is in the feature, I know I would > > appreciate the > ability. > > > > Dan Adams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.infochi.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > 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/ > -- 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/
