From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Christopher Faylor To: "'cygwin@cygwin.com'" Subject: Re: Problem with Windows .lnk files treated as Symlinks Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 10:46:00 -0000 Message-id: <20010503134454.D5353@redhat.com> References: <549191FE7B71D311BC5900104B292132010E4F8C@kirk.takefive.co.> <4.3.1.2.20010503104233.02700c48@pop.ma.ultranet.com> X-SW-Source: 2001-05/msg00139.html On Thu, May 03, 2001 at 10:48:05AM -0400, Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) wrote: >>2.) If CYGWIN=nowinsymlinks is set, not only symbolic link >> creation but also symbolic link interpretation should >> be "classical", i.e. *.lnk files are treated as files. > >This may be indicative of a bug. This isn't a bug. The setting is only to force creation of old style symlinks. Either style is supposed to be recognized on "reading". I suppose the option could have been "nocreatewinsymlinks"... cgf -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple