How to create hard-dir links that cygwin won't bother?
I've tried using mklink /d target source in cmd I'm wondering if i'd have any better success with junctions or linkd (2 pre-win7 ways of doing directory linking/mounting in Windows). I have a dual install of cygwin-x86 xygwin-x86-64 existing mostly side by side in root -- but some programs don't play nice. One appears to be setup -- or a script called by setup that seems to change the link into a dir - which screws up all remaining setups I also have a prob with the cygwin mount c:/bin on /usr/bin -- anything in /usr/bin shows a path of: /Windows/system32/cygwin/bin/prog Which is wrong on multiple levels. oh. it turns out /bin is being overwritten as well. My links for bin etc point to: C:\Windows\System32\cygwin\dir my cygwin dir in System32 points to C:\cygwin or C:\cygwin64 depending on if it is a 32-bit process accessing System32 or a 64-bit process accessing System32. But this bit of setup deleting my directories is raising havok... -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: How to create hard-dir links that cygwin won't bother?
On 01/12/2014 12:23 PM, Linda Walsh wrote: I have a dual install of cygwin-x86 xygwin-x86-64 existing mostly side by side in root -- but some programs don't play nice. Are you saying you entered C:\ when setup.exe prompted for a root? That's addressed in the FAQ where you are urged not to choose it. http://cygwin.com/faq.html#faq.setup.c -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
