Pseudo links to binaries do not work at all
Michael Wachs
michael.wachs.666@gmail.com
Tue Jun 10 09:49:22 GMT 2025
Hello,
I'm using a PC with Win11 and since few weeks the latest cygwin64 version.
I've found that all pseudo links to binary files, which contain text aka
"!<symlink>{command}" do not work at all!
Neither interactive
for example:
/usr/bin/view
/usr/bin:[527]$ view
-bash: /usr/bin/view: cannot execute binary file: Exec
format error
nor in scripts or calling them from own code!
I remove such files and replace them by real links with command "ln -fs
...", after that they work correctly!
Kind Regards,
Michael
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