Re: Problem with dereference option on Windows LNKs (shortcuts)

2003-07-14 Thread Max Bowsher
Mellem, Dan wrote: >> -Original Message- >> From: Max Bowsher On: 7/14/03 2:08 PM >> Importantly, a Cygwin symlink contains a *POSIX* path. The fact that the >> symlink is also a windows shortcut is essentially just decoration. >> Obviously, a normal shortcut does not contain a POSIX path.

RE: Problem with dereference option on Windows LNKs (shortcuts)

2003-07-14 Thread Mellem, Dan
> -Original Message- > From: Max Bowsher On: 7/14/03 2:08 PM > > > Mellem, Dan wrote: > > From: Igor Pechtchanski On: 7/12/03 6:05 PM > >> Cygwin symlinks are a bit more than read-only shortcut > (.lnk) files. > >> They have a special format, and they also have something in their > >> "

Re: Problem with dereference option on Windows LNKs (shortcuts)

2003-07-14 Thread Max Bowsher
Mellem, Dan wrote: > From: Igor Pechtchanski On: 7/12/03 6:05 PM >> Cygwin symlinks are a bit more than read-only shortcut (.lnk) files. >> They have a special format, and they also have something in their >> "Comment" field (that you can check via shortcut properties). In short, >> you cannot eas

RE: Problem with dereference option on Windows LNKs (shortcuts)

2003-07-14 Thread Mellem, Dan
From: Igor Pechtchanski On: 7/12/03 6:05 PM On Sat, 12 Jul 2003, Dan Mellem wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I have a folder that's full of shortcuts to other files (called >> 'shortcuts'). I'd like to interact with the original files instead of >> the shortcut (.lnk) files. Basically, if the shortcut is crea

Re: Problem with dereference option on Windows LNKs (shortcuts)

2003-07-13 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Sat, Jul 12, 2003 at 09:05:52PM -0400, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > On Sat, 12 Jul 2003, Dan Mellem wrote: > > This problem isn't specific to 'cp.' E.g., 'less' will work on an 'ln' > > shortcut but not a normal MS-Windows shortcut. > > > > I'm using Cygwin v1.3.22 (Mar 18, 2003) on MS-Windows 200

Re: Problem with dereference option on Windows LNKs (shortcuts)

2003-07-12 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Sat, 12 Jul 2003, Dan Mellem wrote: > Hi, > > I have a folder that's full of shortcuts to other files (called > 'shortcuts'). I'd like to interact with the original files instead of > the shortcut (.lnk) files. Basically, if the shortcut is created from > within CYGWIN (ln -s [whether CYGWIN=no

Problem with dereference option on Windows LNKs (shortcuts)

2003-07-12 Thread Dan Mellem
Hi, I have a folder that's full of shortcuts to other files (called 'shortcuts'). I'd like to interact with the original files instead of the shortcut (.lnk) files. Basically, if the shortcut is created from within CYGWIN (ln -s [whether CYGWIN=nowinsymlinks or winsymlinks]), the command: $ c