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Cygwin and Vista symlinks using mklink problem


Beware!!
I have noticed that Cygwin and the new Vista command 'mklink' do not co-exist very happily.
If you create a Vista symlink using mklink and then try to delete/remove it using 'rm', the target is deleted and not the symlink!


Best Regards

A. J. Paul Carew
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Close Reach Communications Inc.
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