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Re: Finding junction points in cygwin
On Nov 9 19:09, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Nov 9 09:39, aputerguy wrote:
> >
> > Corinna writes..
> > > Try Cygwin 1.7. It recognizes directory junctions as symlinks.
> >
> > $ uname -r
> > 1.7.0(0.214/5/3)
> >
> > But don't see any symlinks...
>
> Uh, I see. Don't use the junction tool, use cmd's mklink instead.
> junction.exe creates directory symlinks which can't be easily recognized
> as directory junctions, at least not using the default technique.
>
> I'll look into supporting these weird junctions as well.
Not quite as weird. The test got actually simpler now. I also set the
return code of rename(2) to EBUSY when you try to rename a volume
junction. Otherwise Windows returns an error code equivalent to EXDEV
and mv(1) starts to move the directory over by copying its entire
content (cross-device mv).
HTH,
Corinna
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