Tuomo Latto wrote: > I'm not sure if this the right place to post this > since I'm not sure if you deal directly with Windows > ports.
Not directly. I don't think anyone here uses MS systems. But thanks for bringing it up. I am sure that other users will benefit from it. The best place for discussing the MS-Windows port is on the Cygwin lists. This web link will get you to the top page. There are links below this to the mailing lists there. http://cygwin.com/ Bob > Anyway, I'd like to suggest that for Windows > ln would create NTFS junctions whenever possible > and politely refuse when not possible. > > Junction support would be especially nice in ls > (and maybe in some other utils as well) since > it already recognizes similar functionality on Un*x side > (-F parameter). > > There is at least some amount of existing (and working) code > for creating and deleting junctions available at > http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/source/misc.shtml#junction > although I'm not sure about the licensing. > > > PS. Please include my address in follow-ups as > I have not subscribed to the list. > > -- > Tuomo > > ... To boldly go and watch Star Trek re-runs _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
