Based on the documentation and practical use of the Windows-style symlinks (winsymlinks) vs Cygwin-style symlinks, it seems to me that: 1. Winsymlinks have the advantage of working as symlinks/shortcuts under both Cygwin and Windows Explorer while Cygwin links are recognized only in Cygwin
2. They both are basically text files with some MAGIC numbers and attributes that allow them to be interpreted as symlinks So, is there any *disadvantage* to always using Winsymlinks and indeed converting my old Cygwin-style links to Windows-style? (Note: I can't use Windows Native symlinks because I don't have admin privileges on all my machines) Finally, where is the best place to set CYGWIN=winsymlinks? In .bash_profile? Thanks! Jeff -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
