On Fri, 16 May 2008, vapid vapid wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I believe my backup program (CMS ABS Bounceback) is mucking with the
> links in my cygwin and work directories when it is creating a backup.
> It doesn't appear to affect links created by windows, only those created
> by cygwin. I don't fully understand the cygwin links: there are some
> that end in .lnk and are close to windows shortcuts, and there are
> others that don't end in .lnk and start with !<symlink>. Both get
> broken. The files still exist, but I get the message "/usr/bin/vi:
> /usr/bin/vi: cannot execute binary file". vi looks like a plain file
> and contains "!<symlink>vim.exe". Running vim works fine.
>
> It happened to me a few weeks ago and wasn't sure why. I re-installed
> cygwin & fixed all the shortcuts in my working/compiled src directories
> by deleting and recreating them. Is there an easier way to fix this?
> I found one post in the archives saying try "attrib +R", but that didn't
> help at all, on either kind of link.
You need to use "attrib +R" on .lnk files and "attrib +S" on the
plain-text links.
On a side note, you can (re)create plain-text symlinks from the command
line by using "CYGWIN=nowinsymlinks ln -s FILE DEST".
> I've searched the mailing lists and google and wasn't able to find any
> help for my problem. I know people here will say it's a problem with
> the application, but if I go to the manufacturer they'll say
> cyg-what(?), our software works fine with windows.
Just tell them that a backup program has no business clearing "read-only"
and "system" attributes on any files.
HTH,
Igor
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