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Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 17:46:41 +0200
From: Laurynas Biveinis <lauras AT softhome DOT net>
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To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: First alpha symlink patch
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Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> You could actually support Cygwin-created symlinks by looking at the
> size *and* the attributes.  If you don't turn on the system attribute
> in the symlinks DJGPP creates, then it's probably okay.

That sounds OK.

> Anyway, perhaps we can convince DJ to put on his Cygwin hat and change
> their implementation to match ours ;-).

That would help them to be compatible with other programs.

Laurynas Biveinis