Re: cd not following windows shortcuts

2008-05-23 Thread Tim Prince
Lee Dilkie wrote: And on top of that (top posting too), even windows cmd console won't let you follow .lnk files... They are files, not symlinks. Only explorer know how to navigate them. Just in case one of you experts can help me, I've been trying to remove a cygwin installation which contai

Re: cd not following windows shortcuts

2008-05-23 Thread Lee Dilkie
And on top of that (top posting too), even windows cmd console won't let you follow .lnk files... They are files, not symlinks. Only explorer know how to navigate them. -lee Brian Dessent wrote: Gustavo Seabra wrote: Right, it isn't a directory. But shouldn't Cygwin convert the path and

Re: cd not following windows shortcuts

2008-05-23 Thread Brian Dessent
Gustavo Seabra wrote: > Right, it isn't a directory. But shouldn't Cygwin convert the path and > follow it just the same? Is there something wrong with the behavior > I'm seeing? For one thing, the .lnk must have the R attribute set in order for Cygwin to even consider it a symlink and not a regu

cd not following windows shortcuts

2008-05-23 Thread Gustavo Seabra
Hi All, I wonder if 'cd' in Cygwin is supposed to follow windows shortcuts. According to this message: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2005-08/msg00546.html I'd assume it is. However, I'm seeing the following in my system; In my $HOME dir (Cygwin) I have a Cygwin-symbolic link to my "Desktop" (