X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to djgpp-workers-bounces using -f Subject: New symlink format for DJ 2.04 To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com X-Mailer: Lotus Notes Release 6.5.4 CCH5 September 12, 2005 Message-ID: From: Gordon DOT Schumacher AT seagate DOT com Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2006 10:38:25 -0700 X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on SV-GW1/Seagate Internet(Release 7.0.1 HF29|March 07, 2006) at 11/06/2006 09:38:28 AM MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Proofpoint-FWRule: outbound2 X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=4.65.5446:2.3.11,1.2.37,4.0.164 definitions=2006-11-06_05:2006-11-04,2006-11-06,2006-11-06 signatures=0 Reply-To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com I have a curiosity about the new format that was chosen for symlinks in DJGPP 2.04. I'm guessing that there was a good reason, I just wanted to understand it - and if there wasn't a good reason, to see if this is a possibility... Is there a reason that CygWin and DJGPP can't share the same symlink format? Is it simply a question of simplicity in DJGPP's case, because CygWin's appears to contain binary? (I think that CygWin's is at least mostly compatible with Windows shortcuts, but I'm not positive.) I admit to speaking from a position of ignorance; this is more a matter of curiosity than anything. I also don't remember off-hand why this was desirable to me at one point... drat my poor memory...