Re: ln -- is there a way to get the old behavior back? (ENV var?)

2010-07-07 Thread Csaba Raduly
On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 8:04 AM, Linda Walsh wrote: > my world is unstable! Reboot it :) -- Life is complex, with real and imaginary parts. "Ok, it boots. Which means it must be bug-free and perfect. " -- Linus Torvalds "People disagree with me. I just ignore them." -- Linus Torvalds -- Proble

Re: ln -- is there a way to get the old behavior back? (ENV var?)

2010-07-06 Thread Linda Walsh
Eric Blake wrote: As is, your question didn't make much sense to me; please show a transcript of exact command line sequences showing what you are trying to accomplish and why you think that cygwin isn't doing the right thing, rather than just describing it in words. --- Will do --- I may have c

Re: ln -- is there a way to get the old behavior back? (ENV var?)

2010-07-06 Thread Eric Blake
- "Linda Walsh" wrote: > Is there a way to get back the previous 'ln' behavior and have > it create a NTFS hard link? The new behavior -- having it create > a hardlink that works only in cygwin is less than useful to me, since > I use cygwin to maintain windows. Huh? If your file system al

Re: ln -- is there a way to get the old behavior back? (ENV var?)

2010-07-06 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
On 7/6/2010 8:22 PM, Linda Walsh wrote: Is there a way to get back the previous 'ln' behavior and have it create a NTFS hard link? ln source dest Nothing has changed here. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RF

Re: ln -- is there a way to get the old behavior back? (ENV var?)

2010-07-06 Thread Linda Walsh
Is there a way to get back the previous 'ln' behavior and have it create a NTFS hard link? The new behavior -- having it create a hardlink that works only in cygwin is less than useful to me, since I use cygwin to maintain windows. Is there an environment variable for this? I believe this also