On Nov 9 22:18, Linda Walsh wrote:
> Anyone know what happens under the included POSIX subsystem in
> Vista (and I assume Win7), when it creates symlinks? I can't imagine
> they use ".lnk" file extensions -- but if they use "reparse point" links,
> I'd think they'd almost have to store posix path information in them. I
> wonder if a posix created symlink is compatible (usable) by a dos/win app?
>
> Maybe there's something usable from the posix subsystem that would work for
> both purposes? Just a thought -- I haven't looked into the posix subsystem
> under vista.
Under W7 SUA is still using its own brew of symlinks which is equivalent
to the default Cygwin symlinks: A file with the SYSTEM DOS attribute
set, a magic cookie ("IntxLNK\1"), and the target filename. Cygwin 1.7
can read Interix symlinks. Of course, due to the different directory
tree layout (/cygdrive/c ==> /dev/fs/C), absolute paths in Interix might
point into nirvana under Cygwin.
Corinna
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