mklink on NTFS does it the right way - no .lnk business or cygwin specific file format. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS_symbolic_link
> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Satish Balay > Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2013 8:53 PM > To: Barry Smith > Cc: For users of the development version of PETSc > Subject: Re: [petsc-dev] damn symlinks on windows > > On Tue, 8 Oct 2013, Barry Smith wrote: > > > > > Is there any solution to the problem of windows users always mailing > > symlinks instead of actual > files? Is it a cygwin problem? > > http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-effectively.html#using-shortcuts > > I guess one can create MS-links - but 'less configure.log.lnk' is > useless on it . And I don't know if any of these e-mailers would > resolve MS-link and attach the actual file - or just attach the dummy > link file.. > > Alterantives: > > - do not create links on windows. [but now our instructions are either > inconsistant or too > complicated] > > - do not use links anywhere :( > > Satish
