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Re: NTFS junctions for ln and ls (and others?)
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Bob Proulx |
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Re: NTFS junctions for ln and ls (and others?) |
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Tue, 24 Aug 2004 23:10:18 -0600 |
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Tuomo Latto wrote:
> I'm not sure if this the right place to post this
> since I'm not sure if you deal directly with Windows
> ports.
Not directly. I don't think anyone here uses MS systems. But thanks
for bringing it up. I am sure that other users will benefit from it.
The best place for discussing the MS-Windows port is on the Cygwin
lists. This web link will get you to the top page. There are links
below this to the mailing lists there.
http://cygwin.com/
Bob
> Anyway, I'd like to suggest that for Windows
> ln would create NTFS junctions whenever possible
> and politely refuse when not possible.
>
> Junction support would be especially nice in ls
> (and maybe in some other utils as well) since
> it already recognizes similar functionality on Un*x side
> (-F parameter).
>
> There is at least some amount of existing (and working) code
> for creating and deleting junctions available at
> http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/source/misc.shtml#junction
> although I'm not sure about the licensing.
>
>
> PS. Please include my address in follow-ups as
> I have not subscribed to the list.
>
> --
> Tuomo
>
> ... To boldly go and watch Star Trek re-runs