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Re: Cygwin and NTFS Junction Points
Richard Campbell wrote:
> > To some degree, Junction Points are more like directory HARD links,
> > rather than symlinks.
>
> What degree is this?
>
> Everything I can see seems to say junction points function as symlinks
> for directories, with retargeting, dangling, and fixing options.
>
> I admit the documentation I have been looking at is sketchy - do you
> have some better info?
You can't use a junction point to make a relative link, as you can with
symbolic links. That makes them significantly less useful.
Brian
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