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Re: New file for winsup/utils
- From: Christopher Faylor <cgf at redhat dot com>
- To: cygwin-patches at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 17:13:22 -0500
- Subject: Re: New file for winsup/utils
- References: <005501c1b9f7$0928e420$0200a8c0@lifelesswks> <20020220220324.95101.qmail@web20008.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Wed, Feb 20, 2002 at 02:03:24PM -0800, Joshua Daniel Franklin wrote:
>OK, here is a new util:
>
>Usage mkshortcut.exe [OPTION]... TARGET
>NOTE: All filename arguments must be in unix (POSIX) format
> -a|--arguments=ARGS use arguments ARGS
> -h|--help output usage information and exit
> -i|--icon icon file for link to use
> -j|--iconoffset offset of icon in icon file (default is 0)
> -n|--name name for link (defaults to TARGET)
> -v|--version output version information and exit
> -A|--allusers use 'All Users' instead of current user for -D,-P
> -D|--desktop create link relative to 'Desktop' directory
> -P|--smprograms create link relative to Start Menu 'Programs' directory
Now that cygutils is part of the distribution, I think this belongs there, if
Chuck is amenable.
With the exception of regtool, all of the programs in winsup/utils are pretty
cygwin-specific. While this looks like a very nice tool, I think it belongs
elsewhere.
cgf