X-Recipient:	archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com
X-SWARE-Spam-Status:	No, hits=-1.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SARE_MSGID_LONG40,SPF_PASS
X-Spam-Check-By:	sourceware.org
MIME-Version:	1.0
Date:	Sun, 3 Jan 2010 20:16:56 +0200
Message-ID:	<aba0e6771001031016s11316180r4b84faea4bcf1785@mail.gmail.com>
Subject:	Re: Symbolic links problem with cygwin 1.7.1 in 64-bit Win7 Command Prompt
From:	tuli tanssi <tulitanssi AT gmail DOT com>
To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Mailing-List:	contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm
List-Id:	<cygwin.cygwin.com>
List-Subscribe:	<mailto:cygwin-subscribe AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Archive:	<http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/>
List-Post:	<mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Help:	<mailto:cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com>, <http://sourceware.org/ml/#faqs>
Sender:	cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com
Mail-Followup-To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Delivered-To:	mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com

> You could create a Windows symbolic link using the Windows 'mklink'
> tool though, and it should work both in cmd.exe and in Cygwin.

Thanks for the info and Corinna's quote.

Probably I'll just create windows symlinks like from
c:\users\tuli\bin\gcc.exe to c:\cygwin\bin\gcc-3.exe
so that cygwin updates wouldn't break my modifications.

Cheers,
Tuli

--
Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html
FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/
Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple

- Raw text -