On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 04:30:40PM -0400, Igor Peshansky wrote: >On Fri, 16 May 2008, vapid vapid wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I believe my backup program (CMS ABS Bounceback) is mucking with the >> links in my cygwin and work directories when it is creating a backup. >> It doesn't appear to affect links created by windows, only those created >> by cygwin. I don't fully understand the cygwin links: there are some >> that end in .lnk and are close to windows shortcuts, and there are >> others that don't end in .lnk and start with !<symlink>. Both get >> broken. The files still exist, but I get the message "/usr/bin/vi: >> /usr/bin/vi: cannot execute binary file". vi looks like a plain file >> and contains "!<symlink>vim.exe". Running vim works fine. >> >> It happened to me a few weeks ago and wasn't sure why. I re-installed >> cygwin & fixed all the shortcuts in my working/compiled src directories >> by deleting and recreating them. Is there an easier way to fix this? >> I found one post in the archives saying try "attrib +R", but that didn't >> help at all, on either kind of link. > >You need to use "attrib +R" on .lnk files and "attrib +S" on the >plain-text links. > >On a side note, you can (re)create plain-text symlinks from the command >line by using "CYGWIN=nowinsymlinks ln -s FILE DEST". > >> I've searched the mailing lists and google and wasn't able to find any >> help for my problem. I know people here will say it's a problem with >> the application, but if I go to the manufacturer they'll say >> cyg-what(?), our software works fine with windows. > >Just tell them that a backup program has no business clearing "read-only" >and "system" attributes on any files.
I would actually expect that they probably are just reading the .lnk information and ignoring the cygwin bits. Even if they preserve the read-onlyness of the .lnk file, unless they preserve the file in its entirety it won't be recognized. cgf -- 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/
