> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joe Smith > Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2005 9:57 PM > To: cygwin@cygwin.com > Subject: Re: RFE: removing symbolic link / windows shortcut duality > > IIRC Cygwin *is* currently using windows shortcuts for > symbolic links. Some simple checks confirm this. > The shortcut files are sometimes fully formed such that they > are editable by right clicking on them, others are only > partially formed. > > Windows will resolve them, however symbolic links to > executables using implicit '.exe' or symbolic links to > symbolic links does not work correctly. > Those are *not* things that can be fixed because for example > the link may have originally pointed to file, which was later > replaced by another link. > Cygwin should not scan the drive for all links and update > them, for that would be absurd.
A slightly less absurd notion would be for Cygwin to keep a list of all links and update them. -- Gary R. Van Sickle -- 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/
