From: cgf@cygnus.com (Christopher G. Faylor) Subject: Re: cd'ing to a shortcut 18 Sep 1998 03:10:15 GMT Message-ID: <6tsiun$gbj$1@cronkite.cygnus.com> References: <9809081457.AA01063@dns.cise.it> <360110b3.3716935.cygnus.gnu-win32@smtp> X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test63 (15 March 1998) In article <360110b3.3716935.cygnus.gnu-win32@smtp>, Theodore Jump wrote: > >>In my home, I added a shortcut to a directory that I use a lot. >>How can I change to it from bash? When I cd to the shortcut name, >>it tells me that I have no right. Here is the full screen: > >I don't believe that Cygwin can follow MS Windows Explorer Shortcuts (*.lnk >files) yet; that it doesn't read them to interpret what they are a shortcut to >- in other words, it sees it as a regular file and thus that is why you can't >"cd" into it. > >This would, IMHO, be a useful addition but should not (IMHO again) be used as a >replacement for the current softlink emulation. I believe this because the >.LNK files would then have to be used to softlink to "Cygwin" paths that may or >may-not be valid under native Win32 non-Cygwin applications (like Explorer). You're absolutely correct. The idea of using .lnk files for symbolic links comes up a lot here. This is the first time I can remember seeing it raised in a reasonable way with an explanation of why .lnk files can't be used as a generic replacement for the current scheme. This is FAQ material. -- cgf@cygnus.com http://www.cygnus.com/