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Re: Windows 2000 Junction Points
On Thu, Dec 06, 2001, Gerald Villemure wrote:
> There is a tool in the Win2K ResKit called "linkd.exe" which will alow you
> to create "Junction Points" from the command line.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Gerald
Yes, this tool exists and I use it :)
But I mean to say, wouldn't it be nice and consistent if
ln -s <dir> <link> worked like linkd as opposed to creating a
shortcut. I am aware of "mount" under cygwin but the mount is not
exported to Windows.
No big deal. I can survive.
Thanks!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kim, Anthony" <Anthony.Kim@vw.com>
> To: <cygwin@cygwin.com>
> Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 4:52 PM
> Subject: Windows 2000 Junction Points
>
>
> > Windows 2000 (having NTFS 5.0) allows the creation of directory
> > symbolic links. This can be used as mount points for hard drive
> > volumes or to symlink directories across file systems. In the
> > literature, the directory links are called "junction points".
> >
> > Disk Administration snap-in can be used to mount a drive to a
> > directory or you can use linkd.exe (ResKit) or junction.exe
> > (SysInternals).
> >
> > This is the closest thing I can find to simulate:
> >
> > ln -s /source /destination
> >
> > Now here's my question:
> >
> > When you perform a directory symlink in cygwin, you end up with a
> > .LNK file even though you can cd into the link.
> >
> > $ pwd
> > /mnt
> > $ ln -s /cygdrive/c /mnt/test
> > $ ls -l
> > total 20
> > dr-xr-xr-x 6 Administ Administ 0 Dec 6 09:47 ./
> > dr-xr-xr-x 12 Administ Administ 4096 Nov 28 12:48 ../
> > dr-xr-xr-x 12 Administ Administ 8192 Dec 6 09:47 c/
> > dr-xr-xr-x 3 Administ Administ 4096 Dec 3 12:48 d/
> > dr-xr-xr-x 5 Administ Administ 4096 Dec 3 12:48 e/
> > drwxr-xr-x 1 vciadmin Administ 0 Dec 4 08:35 h/
> > lrwxrwxrwx 1 vciadmin Administ 94 Dec 6 09:47 test ->
> /cygdrive/c/
> >
> > $ cd test
> > $ ls
> > <directory listing>
> >
> > This works as expected. However, from outside cygwin:
> >
> > $ cmd
> >
> > G:\cygwin\mnt>dir
> > dir
> > Volume in drive G is DATA
> > Volume Serial Number is 98D5-B7E1
> >
> > Directory of G:\cygwin\mnt
> >
> > 12/06/2001 09:47a <DIR> .
> > 12/06/2001 09:47a <DIR> ..
> > 11/28/2001 11:26a <JUNCTION> c
> > 11/28/2001 11:26a <JUNCTION> d
> > 11/28/2001 11:27a <JUNCTION> e
> > 12/04/2001 08:34a <JUNCTION> h
> > 12/06/2001 09:47a 94 test.lnk
> >
> > So the effect is lost.
> >
> > Because hard links work in cygwin as expected, is it far fetched
> > for ln -s <directory> <linkname> to create actual junction points
> > instead of .LNK files?
> >
> > If I'm way off base here, please feel free to let me know :)
> >
> > Cheers!
> >
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