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Symlink file size


Cygwin seems to have no way to print an accurate size of a symlink. Consider
this command:

   $ touch alfa.txt
   $ CYGWIN= ln -s alfa.txt bravo.txt

Now cmd.exe can print the correct size just fine:

   > dir /AS
   2017-03-07  09:26 PM                30 bravo.txt

However Cygwin prints incorrect 8 bytes with ls:

   $ ls -l
   total 2
   -rw-r--r-- 1 Steven None 0 Mar  7 21:26 alfa.txt
   lrwxrwxrwx 1 Steven None 8 Mar  7 21:26 bravo.txt -> alfa.txt

and stat:

   $ stat --format %s bravo.txt
   8

and du:

   $ du -b bravo.txt
   8       bravo.txt

and find:

   $ find bravo.txt -printf %s
   8

wc seems to draw from the source file:

   $ wc -c bravo.txt
   0 bravo.txt

What gives?


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