On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 9:57 AM, Eric Blake <ebl...@redhat.com> wrote: > On 08/09/2010 07:19 PM, Chiheng Xu wrote: >> As far as I know, Cygwin now use Windows shortcut to implement >> symlink. This work well with native apps. > > Not true. Cygwin can read windows shortcuts as symlinks, but does not > generate windows shortcuts to hold new symlinks because windows > shortcuts are inherently limited in such a way that they cannot serve as > true POSIX symlinks. >
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolic_link#Cygwin_symbolic_links -- Chiheng Xu Wuhan,China -- 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
