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Re: [PATCH] fix unlink for Cygwin 1.5.25-15 -- unintended data loss with symbolic file links
- From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin-patches at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:28:31 -0400
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix unlink for Cygwin 1.5.25-15 -- unintended data loss with symbolic file links
- References: <003801c9177a$5debc030$19c34090$@com>
- Reply-to: cygwin-patches at cygwin dot com
On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 02:31:07PM -0700, Jason wrote:
>Please consider the patch below for inclusion in the Cygwin 1.5 branch which
>corrects the deletion of symbolic link file types (Vista file reparse
>points).
>
>The problem is that CreateFile will open the target and not the link. See
>the MSDN page
>http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365682(VS.85).aspx#CreateFile for
>a more detailed description of Vista's symbolic link handling.
Sorry but we're not anticipating any new releases of Cygwin 1.5.x.
cgf