From: Michael Hoffman <grouse@mail.utexas.edu>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: Samba on Cygwin: symlinks on Windows
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 10:19:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.WNT.4.44.0207171111010.392-100000@barbecueworld> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20020717125114.B6932@cygbert.vinschen.de>
On Wed, 17 Jul 2002, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 16, 2002 at 02:46:43PM +0100, Bori Attila wrote:
> > Well, I know of at least one worthwile advantage of a Samba port on Windows.
> >
> > Suppose this:
> > - you have Cygwin installed to the root of a Windows drive (D:)
> > - you share "/" with Samba, and mount it in Windows, as, say, S:.
> > - do a "ln -s X Y" and presto: you have a symlink to X on your Windows box!
> > You see it as a Windows .lnk on D:, but it looks like a symlink on S:!
>
> I don't get it. You already have symlinks in Cygwin so what's the
> actual advantage in this situation?!?
If I understand this, I think the idea is that symlinks on S: would appear
as regular folders to non-Cygwin applications, like Windows Explorer.
Cute.
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Michael Hoffman <grouse@mail.utexas.edu>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-07-17 16:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-07-17 5:47 Bori Attila
2002-07-17 5:57 ` Corinna Vinschen
2002-07-17 10:19 ` Michael Hoffman [this message]
2002-07-18 10:22 Bori Attila
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