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Subject: Re: Symbolic links problem with cygwin 1.7.1 in 64-bit Win7 Command  	Prompt
From: tuli tanssi <tulitanssi AT gmail DOT com>
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> 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

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