Re: [ntfs-3g-devel] Improving symbolic link interoperability with Windows

2018-04-14 Thread Zoltan Kelemen
Thanks for the explanation (I suspected it wouldn't be easy). Considering the quirks of using Windows native symlinks (such as different symlink types for files and directories) I understand your conclusion that it costs more than it is worth. Zoltan Jean-Pierre Andre wrote: Zoltan Kelemen

[ntfs-3g-devel] Improving symbolic link interoperability with Windows

2018-04-13 Thread Zoltan Kelemen
Hello, When symbolic links are created on an NTFS volume on a Linux system, they are currently mapped by NTFS-3G to so-called Interix-type files. If the volume is mounted on Windows, these links can only be natively resolved by installing the (deprecated) UAS services. Cygwin has limited