Re: [OpenAFS] [OpenAFS] Re: [OpenAFS] Re: [OpenAFS] Re: [OpenAFS] AW: Re: [OpenAFS] Windows client Cygwin and symlinks on afs volume

2011-04-28 Thread Jeffrey Altman
On 4/20/2011 9:13 AM, Axel Müller wrote: > Any new info on this topic? Anything I can do to debug it? I would appreciate > any help. > > Axel The troubleshooting section of the release notes installed on the client machine (Programs->OpenAFS->Documentation->Release Notes) explains how to colle

[OpenAFS] [OpenAFS] Re: [OpenAFS] Re: [OpenAFS] Re: [OpenAFS] AW: Re: [OpenAFS] Windows client Cygwin and symlinks on afs volume

2011-04-20 Thread Axel Müller
> > If the symlink is being listed as a file when it is a directory, it is > > because the target path of the symlink cannot be evaluated in the > > current context. Since the target of the link cannot be accessed, the > > AFS cache manager has no knowledge of whether it is a directory or a > > fi

[OpenAFS] Re: [OpenAFS] Re: [OpenAFS] Re: [OpenAFS] AW: Re: [OpenAFS] Windows client Cygwin and symlinks on afs volume

2011-04-13 Thread Axel Müller
> > The difference to a "normal" directory is the FileAttribute returned by > QueryBasicInformationFile. > > For the symlink it is "N" and for a "normal" directory it is "D". I guess > that's why the ls fails. > > If the symlink is being listed as a file when it is a directory, it is > because t

Re: [OpenAFS] Re: [OpenAFS] Re: [OpenAFS] AW: Re: [OpenAFS] Windows client Cygwin and symlinks on afs volume

2011-04-13 Thread Jeffrey Altman
On 4/13/2011 5:40 AM, Axel Müller wrote: > The difference to a "normal" directory is the FileAttribute returned by > QueryBasicInformationFile. > For the symlink it is "N" and for a "normal" directory it is "D". I guess > that's why the ls fails. If the symlink is being listed as a file when it

[OpenAFS] Re: [OpenAFS] Re: [OpenAFS] AW: Re: [OpenAFS] Windows client Cygwin and symlinks on afs volume

2011-04-13 Thread Axel Müller
-Ursprüngliche Nachricht- > Whatever the failure is, it is not because of how the symlink is > created. Determine which Win32 File Operation is failing using Process > Monitor and discuss that. The fact that the object is a symlink is a > red-herring. OK. The failure does not depend how t