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Re: symlinks

To: "Charles Wilson" <cwilson at ece dot gatech dot edu>
Subject: Re: symlinks
From: "Robert Collins" <robert dot collins at itdomain dot com dot au>
Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2001 15:37:48 +1100
Cc: <cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com>
References: <EA18B9FA0FE4194AA2B4CDB91F73C0EF08F28B@itdomain002.itdomain.net.au> <3BEDFE95.3000200@ece.gatech.edu>

----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Wilson" <cwilson@ece.gatech.edu>
To: "Robert Collins" <robert.collins@itdomain.com.au>
Cc: <cygwin-apps@cygwin.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2001 3:29 PM
Subject: Re: symlinks


> Robert Collins wrote:
>
> > When extracting tarballs, should setup create 'native' symlinks or
magic
> > cookie symlinks?
>
>
> I thought the magic cookie (!<symlink>target) symlinks were
deprecated.
> Currently, "ln -s" makes "special" .lnk shortcuts; I think setup
should do
> the same -- there should be no difference between the following
scenarios:

This is why I'm asking - I thought that there was a cygwin option to
turn off .lnk file creation. If that option exists, then should setup
honour it?

Rob

References:
- symlinks
  - From: Robert Collins
- Re: symlinks
  - From: Charles Wilson

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