Symbolic links problem with cygwin 1.7.1 in 64-bit Win7 Command Prompt

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

On 01/01/2010 04:52 PM, Lee Rothstein wrote:
> Will Windows junctions (for the path; plus the file name) work, here, Andy?
> (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896768.aspx)

NTFS junctions are for directories only..  For files and directories, one could
use "mklink" on Vista and newer, with the caveats mentioned here
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolic_link#Windows_Vista_symbolic_link>. 
Oh and
for all those wondering, this still isn't enough to be a drop-in replacement
for Cygwin's symbolic links unfortunately.  If you're curious about this, see
the email archives for discussions about it.

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