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Re: Why do symlinks need to be system files




Mark R. wrote:

That does make sense. I've played around with using ln -s to create my own
symlinks. The odd thing is that these are all being created as shortcuts vs
this other method. Now that I'm in the "I'm just curious" mode - Does anyone
know why  the two different methods are used?

-Mark

One is method is "old" and one is "new". Setup uses the "old" method. See:

<http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-cygwinenv.html>

and look for '(no)winsymlinks'.  You too can use the "old" method if
you like. ;-)


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