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Re: 1.3.2 Problem tarring/untarring shortcuts
- To: "'cygwin at cygwin dot com'" <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Subject: Re: 1.3.2 Problem tarring/untarring shortcuts
- From: "Flynn, Connor J" <connor dot flynn at pnl dot gov>
- Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2001 15:51:41 -0700
This email is a confirmation that the problem noted below with tar files and
shortcuts has indeed been fixed in the
Cygwin1.dll version 1.3.3 . I've tested the example below (and many other
samples) and they all now work
properly. Great job, thanks very much for your efforts!
Best regards,
Connor J. Flynn
>On Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 03:56:46PM -0700, Flynn, Connor J wrote:
>> Under Cygwin1.dll version 1.3.2 with Windows 98 Release 2:
>>
>> I am having a problem with the name and content of shortcuts being
altered
>> through the tar process.
>
>Should be solved in the next Cygwin version which only treats
>Cygwin created shortcuts as symlinks and all other shortcuts as
>plain files.
>
>Corinna
Connor J. Flynn
MS K9-24 Connor.Flynn@arm.gov
Battelle NW, PNNL 509-375-2041
PO Box 999 fax-271-0030
Richland WA 99352 lab-372-4710
No brains, no headaches...
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