Re: Symbolic links on NTFS with real symbolic links

2009-10-29 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Oct 29 02:40, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > On 10/29/2009 01:26 AM, Neil Mowbray wrote: > >Dear Folks, > > > >On NTFS systems that support real symbolic links (eg those with Vista) > >the comand ln -s does *not* create a native symbolic link merely an old > >style shortcut. > > > >Will ln -s be c

Re: Symbolic links on NTFS with real symbolic links

2009-10-28 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
On 10/29/2009 01:26 AM, Neil Mowbray wrote: Dear Folks, On NTFS systems that support real symbolic links (eg those with Vista) the comand ln -s does *not* create a native symbolic link merely an old style shortcut. Will ln -s be chansed to support native symbolic links? No, not until, at leas

Symbolic links on NTFS with real symbolic links

2009-10-28 Thread Neil Mowbray
Dear Folks, On NTFS systems that support real symbolic links (eg those with Vista) the comand ln -s does *not* create a native symbolic link merely an old style shortcut. Will ln -s be chansed to support native symbolic links? Also rm removes the target of the symbolic link not the link file. I