On Tue, Jun 17, 2025 at 5:25 PM Aurélien Couderc <aurelien.couderc2...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Cygwin creates <JUNCTIONS> instead of <SYMLINK> on NTFS, but cmd.exe > cannot find the *.exe if they are linked as <JUNCTIONS>. > > Two test cases: > $ bash -c $'rm -f id_vers15.exe ; cp /usr/bin/id.exe id_vers15.exe ; > ln -sf id_vers15.exe myid.exe ; cmd /C \'.\\\\\myid.exe\'' > $ bash -c $'rm -f id_vers15.exe ; cp /usr/bin/id.exe id_vers15.exe ; > ln -sf id_vers15.exe myid.exe ; powershell -Command > \'.\\\\\myid.exe\'' > > In both test cases the copied and linked myid.exe cannot be executed. > > Is there a way to fix this?
Why does Cygwin not use SYMBOLIC_LINK_FLAG_ALLOW_UNPRIVILEGED_CREATE? Aurélien -- Aurélien Couderc <aurelien.couderc2...@gmail.com> Big Data/Data mining expert, chess enthusiast -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
