On Wed, Dec 15, 2004 at 07:21:31AM -0800, gry wrote:
> Under cygwin, the python executable is installed as python2.4.exe with
> a symbolic link to python.exe. This is fine as long as one is
> operating only withing the cygwin world. But I execute python from a
> foo.bat file, and windows barfs on the symbolic link.
You can always do the following as a workaround:
C:\> bash -c python
> I replaced it with a hard link and all is well.
Note the above will only work as a true hard link under NTFS. IMO, the
above is a better approach.
> Is there some reason this shouldn't be the standard installation under
> cygwin?
Because it would require (more) modification of the Unix build to
accommodate Windows. IMO, it is not worth the effort. If you feel
differently, then submit a patch for consideration:
http://sf.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=5470&atid=305470
BTW, many other Cygwin commands have this issue too:
$ find /bin -type l -name '*.exe'
/bin/awk.exe
/bin/c++.exe
/bin/captoinfo.exe
/bin/cc.exe
...
Jason
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