From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp-out-no.shaw.ca (smtp-out-no.shaw.ca [64.59.134.13]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2234D385E007 for ; Sat, 28 Mar 2020 20:45:54 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org 2234D385E007 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=SystematicSw.ab.ca Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=brian.inglis@systematicsw.ab.ca Received: from [192.168.1.114] ([24.64.172.44]) by shaw.ca with ESMTP id IIL0jMKnk62brIIL2jv4i9; Sat, 28 Mar 2020 14:45:52 -0600 X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.3 cv=LKf9vKe9 c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=kiZT5GMN3KAWqtYcXc+/4Q==:117 a=kiZT5GMN3KAWqtYcXc+/4Q==:17 a=jpOVt7BSZ2e4Z31A5e1TngXxSK0=:19 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=CCpqsmhAAAAA:8 a=fjDFcf429ns8VtWUCqQA:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 a=g4ASxCXWBg0A:10 a=ul9cdbp4aOFLsgKbc677:22 Reply-To: Brian.Inglis@SystematicSw.ab.ca Subject: Re: WSL symbolic links To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <294944bd-757e-4bb8-6bcc-ceb8d9190ef9@towo.net> <20200326110059.GG3261@calimero.vinschen.de> <901e1c08-46cb-555b-c0d0-5bf9c726b3ca@SystematicSw.ab.ca> <20200326200548.GK3261@calimero.vinschen.de> <20200327185340.GN3261@calimero.vinschen.de> <1116576180.20200328145905@yandex.ru> From: Brian Inglis Autocrypt: addr=Brian.Inglis@SystematicSw.ab.ca; prefer-encrypt=mutual; keydata= mQENBFg15Q0BCADc1LTYJN/oVKOJoXpIo+5yy+sBv535qYNRh5CFqp3pPZwIy6oILNKprWph 8J+sXMqYd5H0G1jMDlXendiQbn9SiORuqI7xkV8vzguoFEMhNTxnO1pOQjqRnEnG/W7/5Yy+ DkcCv+Y4O3NX3wol8yP+FaEx4EEEifaO5ZhC1U/ilvHvxE0wjNhRG6AqlvqX6J09bxkJC8Xd 00MZWotDHtiq/wnd8YqyDmf0aJceGxSetHnqn/Cs3WiylEEUy2x/FqKbsBxUJHGQeeRTFAW1 ii08djCemxdE+romE/M9J9CVisSZImbXMSilX6Z2Qtz0lYPkY0EqbiKo8o9zlkIPhaqJABEB AAG0REJyaWFuIEluZ2xpcyAoU3lzdGVtYXRpYyBTb2Z0d2FyZSkgPEJyaWFuLkluZ2xpc0BT eXN0ZW1hdGljU1cuYWIuY2E+iQFVBBMBAgA/AhsDBgsJCAcDAgYVCAIJCgsEFgIDAQIeAQIX gBYhBEy/sJ49FaN/AfIQJjY9ewCxhxqTBQJai9F5BQkNRMzsAAoJEDY9ewCxhxqThnAH/Rau 2+nxwRYdOHDkvMJSyJZUxowkxxzfttQVfxrZIhooF99LGqd3ANltSidybJAbKDLoH+5jRvWF fobzOs93Uw73/52Rurv0nY40mnCAw2vE3JNYgWm8V09Ff4J64ElylrAAU60XoUxMD8Tbflby fVu3LO74pR/hCByNGK019TXJhIPfSU51hXQwLgqAKT4FRGw5gYyqCSS5zoRpa/zNENAPKG/g 5H8ar58eJB9QyJA4iNTLa/3rPF/kO9MqfRLlBLvmyveyYOcGs5wOgjt/RT2eA3Zun18l7EIE 2L2J1tbqLmSpswSW3URnW3KsfgILNC9pAVR00xvO09ulrUXiOX65AQ0EWDXlDQEIAM5GX98w WEzP1jyuWGfNI0s2lUJDTVH1WLpg1N+lQ9sjwCVBeJEdhtZYU7VsgmjPj+H0tkBFYe2olAkk BAmdP7yrqUTK5zw12kf5BJeF94cikGcFRCvdGVk9/uSfy3HZePvr8NV5LPCxLIE6bJCS8L5A CgdNkrD3CLM1zePyiQ0dQ3+6Bjq27b3Y1UauiyKlOquCVkfrDk/y3OfFhbiJX8pwM0mICyls 8p9iM7yg+g1PbdoA99OrFc7JKllHRGDLQ0B/HKAPgNnLCenzDuV/d+N1RDbbpa0c/uvmoptR Aejlq3HszXYQ9wTmu8OwVSITSkzgP1lKzyDPZS9SGvlrQp8AEQEAAYkBPAQYAQIAJgIbDBYh BEy/sJ49FaN/AfIQJjY9ewCxhxqTBQJai9GnBQkNRM0aAAoJEDY9ewCxhxqTuL8H/ivw0VXX lQW4c9O8XsMafDcEyV23MH4fdZACss+ZWluda7xIRo78GCLXxARHwJdOE9Jk9+/fDQOTZd4m KW0trLCfWvJnwNJfOLbqse7eydvgdj2UrTpy4DO/5+mAw/ilgZpEGgwMwyqb/2kFiKK7Q64B NKl8Y2kRXltaiXfqyvG2U/NiE4GOPA3yZgXs4Mzd1pzV/nkEIzGkneaeE5WGEWj/8dCnn6a3 zIuq0L59QInxKsTdt10OQiUoRKl8Nx0vDCOzMy0wlJc349gJbQBCAZcumtBBBqAzCAmJ3J7T 7ew8hznAEmOwr+LkSOdXFzEjdfTaryhN1AsRLYVUNloEWNA= Organization: Systematic Software Message-ID: <1acc7b9b-fe89-0884-3bc1-c4d5269cbf31@SystematicSw.ab.ca> Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2020 14:45:50 -0600 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.6.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1116576180.20200328145905@yandex.ru> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-CA Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4wfI3lvS+9Da2mZ8Uw2hhfm1I9vFAesKYeyr6cqDfukL+Vrk0Zo1o5Ht06d6lzxf6WhhzD3xPPd2EGbpjStBeIPFCqJZBvCQ/Nijv21PMhRtMO2npFqngL 1JLb4x7GxVSxDuBRKCcxrhqvE2+8XRs/bdEHZVJJyL+6mRhqJfUHvr/mI5Cxpt5PpZDDL77eLlk+yw== X-Spam-Status: No, score=-24.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_NONE, TXREP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2020 20:45:55 -0000 On 2020-03-28 05:59, Andrey Repin wrote: > Greetings, Brian Inglis! > >>> >>> Thanks! This should already be fixed in the latest developer snapshot >>> after I was finally able to install WSL myself. See my reply to Thomas >>> in https://sourceware.org/pipermail/cygwin/2020-March/244211.html >>> >>> All the effects are a result of not opening the reparse point as reparse >>> point, as weird as it sounds at first :) > >> Would you consider that test program a reasonable base for something I have >> wished for a while: a program that would classify a file name as a (regular) >> hard link, a Windows directory or file link, a junction, a Windows shortcut, a >> Cygwin symlink, a Unix/WSL symlink, a URL link, and/or tell me where it links to >> etc. Thinking of hacking that plus maybe bits of file, cygpath, readshortcut, >> readlink, lsattr together to display otherwise awkward to access attributes and >> properties. > > I'd like to see it as part of "file -h" functionality. Both file and grep are getting worse at distinguishing UTF-8 from binary data, so I don't want to get into fiddling with that recognizer/interpreter, given that it can not get or use that information as is, just enough of file to decide on or verify a file type; for ls: link classification is outside its remit; and swan (SWiss Army kNife) is too vague and wide for my taste: a sharper tool and a more focussed name depending on eventual function like lslink. -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada This email may be disturbing to some readers as it contains too much technical detail. Reader discretion is advised.