Re: Cygwin and Vista symlinks using mklink problem

2008-03-12 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Mar 11 22:12, Paul Carew wrote: > Beware!! > I have noticed that Cygwin and the new Vista command 'mklink' do not > co-exist very happily. > If you create a Vista symlink using mklink and then try to delete/remove > it using 'rm', the target is deleted and not the symlink! Cygwin 1.5.25 does

Cygwin and Vista symlinks using mklink problem

2008-03-11 Thread Paul Carew
Beware!! I have noticed that Cygwin and the new Vista command 'mklink' do not co-exist very happily. If you create a Vista symlink using mklink and then try to delete/remove it using 'rm', the target is deleted and not the symlink! Best Regards A. J. Paul Carew -- Close Reach Communications