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Re: Fun with symlinks?


On Thu, 27 Jun 2002, Pavel Tsekov wrote:

> Hello Peter,

Hi Pavel!

> Thursday, June 27, 2002, 7:17:25 AM, you wrote:
> 
> [snip]
> 
> PAC> Fine, so far.  Now, suppose you got a notice that a new Bash was uploaded
> PAC> to the cygwin release area.  So, you fire up 'setup' and tell it to
> PAC> upgrade Bash.  Now, start Bash.  Notice your changes don't show up anymore.
> PAC> Now, do an 'ls -al /etc/pro*'
> 
> PAC> -rw-r--r--    1 Administ None          386 May 30 19:08 /etc/profile
> PAC> -rw-r--r--    1 Administ None          386 May 30 19:08 /etc/profile
> 
> This is not real :) If you go to the /etc directory from a windows
> command prompt and type 'dir' you will see:
> 
> profile
> profile.lnk
> 
> The second one is your link and it is compatible with the windows type
> shortcuts.

I'm quite aware that this is a windows shortcut, but the issue is that
under the cygwin environment, you will see two, identically named, files
under these conditions.

> I know there is a way, in terms of a flag in the CYGWIN variable, to
> control the type of symlinks which cygwin creates, but I don't
> remember the details :( You can check the user's guide though.

It's not so much how the cygwin environment creates symlinks but how the
*installer* (setup.exe) creates them (or ignore them :-).

> I agree that the setup.exe behaviour in this case maybe needs an
> improvement.

I seem to recall seeing a note from Corinna saying she had an enhancement
for this, but it doesn't appear to have made it into the code. 

-- 
Peter A. Castro <doctor@fruitbat.org> or <Peter.Castro@oracle.com>
	"Cats are just autistic Dogs" -- Dr. Tony Attwood


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