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Re: `CYGWIN=winsymlinks:nativestrict`, `ln -s target link` fails if target doesn't exist
- From: Gene Pavlovsky <gene dot pavlovsky at gmail dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2016 13:14:28 +0300
- Subject: Re: `CYGWIN=winsymlinks:nativestrict`, `ln -s target link` fails if target doesn't exist
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On 5 October 2016 at 06:00, Rinrin <rinrin@imbrian.org> wrote:
> Hi Gene:
> I made a patch for my private use.
> First of all, you should setup `nativenocheck` in CYGWIN environment
> variable to enable this feature.
> If the target does not exist, it will check the last digit of target
> path, for '/' it will create a <SYMLINKD> instead of <SYMLINK>
Hi Rinrin.
I'd like to try it out, is your patch included in mainline Cygwin?
If not, how can I get a version with that patch?
Thanks.
--Gene
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