From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 106216 invoked by alias); 27 Dec 2019 15:04:57 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 106209 invoked by uid 89); 27 Dec 2019 15:04:57 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,FROM_BLANK_NAME,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=no version=3.3.1 spammy=privileges, indeed X-HELO: p3plsmtpa11-08.prod.phx3.secureserver.net Received: from p3plsmtpa11-08.prod.phx3.secureserver.net (HELO p3plsmtpa11-08.prod.phx3.secureserver.net) (68.178.252.109) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Fri, 27 Dec 2019 15:04:56 +0000 Received: from consult.pretender ([146.115.147.63]) by :SMTPAUTH: with ESMTPSA id krAaiYqDJUj2ikrAbiKjlu; Fri, 27 Dec 2019 08:04:54 -0700 X-Sender: inbox@kosowsky.org Received: from consult.pretender (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by consult.pretender (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3051111FC632 for ; Fri, 27 Dec 2019 10:04:52 -0500 (EST) Received: by consult.pretender (Postfix, from userid 495) id 2BC7811FC631; Fri, 27 Dec 2019 10:04:52 -0500 (EST) Received: from consult.pretender (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by consult.pretender (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 017AC11FC62F for ; Fri, 27 Dec 2019 10:04:52 -0500 (EST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <24070.7571.896562.93733@consult.pretender> Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2019 17:50:00 -0000 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Any downside to using winsymlinks over cygwin-style symlinks? From: "" X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2019-12/txt/msg00292.txt.bz2 Based on the documentation and practical use of the Windows-style symlinks (winsymlinks) vs Cygwin-style symlinks, it seems to me that: 1. Winsymlinks have the advantage of working as symlinks/shortcuts under both Cygwin and Windows Explorer while Cygwin links are recognized only in Cygwin 2. They both are basically text files with some MAGIC numbers and attributes that allow them to be interpreted as symlinks So, is there any *disadvantage* to always using Winsymlinks and indeed converting my old Cygwin-style links to Windows-style? (Note: I can't use Windows Native symlinks because I don't have admin privileges on all my machines) Finally, where is the best place to set CYGWIN=winsymlinks? In .bash_profile? Thanks! Jeff -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple