X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4A26B4DD.9070205@cygwin.com> Date: Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:37:33 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090320 Remi/2.0.0.21-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.21 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: How to change the file mode to link? References: <366c6f340906030948u3c5d3c48v793842b91288f540 AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> In-Reply-To: <366c6f340906030948u3c5d3c48v793842b91288f540@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Peng Yu wrote: >> No. Shortcuts created with Windows contain more and different ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >> information than Cygwin symlinks. If you need a symlink, create it >> under Cygwin. > > If I am willing to loose the additional information, is there a way to > convert a windows link to a cygwin link? Getting rid of the "additional information" addresses the "more" part above. You need to handle the "different" part as well. But why do all that work yourself when "ln -s" does it for you? OK, let's make this question rhetorical. ;-) -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/