Directory Aliasing

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

Reini Urban wrote:
> LittleTim schrieb:
>> Problem:  I do a lot of work in a directory with a long path name: 
>> C:\very
>> long path name\My Work
>>
>> Question:  Instead of having to type cd  C:\very long path name\My Work
>> everytime I want to switch to this directory, is there any way to do
>> aliasing?  For example, no matter where I am in the file system, 
>> typing cd ~
>> will take me to my home directory.  I've tried to create a symbolic 
>> link. Of course the symbolic link is only valid in the directory where 
>> the
>> symbolic link exists, and not from anywhere in the file system.
> 
> use cygwin mount (cygwin only) or hardlinks by ln or junction 
> (sysinternals.com)

I think you mean symlink with 'ln'.  Hard links aren't supported for
directories.

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