SMB symlink compatibility between Cygwin, Windows XP, and Windows 7

[Brian Alexander]

>On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 8:33 PM, Brian Alexander wrote:
>>
>> Anyone have any other ideas of how to make a shortcut to a SMB path 
that
>> will work in both Windows XP and Windows 7, and is also traversable by
>> cygwin?
>>
>
>I'm not familiar with CYGWIN=winsymlink to understand what it does; I
>can guess but I've not reviewed the code.  You could use junction
>points for directories.  Junction points should work for both XP
>(regardless of the service pack) and Win7.

Unfortunately, junctions do not seem to work with SMB paths, only local 
volumes.

Sincerely,
Brian Alexander

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