Re: ln-s does not work.. why? (using cygwin in Windows XP)

On Mar 28, 9:23 pm, ihightower <emailsrvr-gro...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I am using Windows XP and using cygwin.

For all these years... I was successful to create symbolic links like
this... in the directory /cgydrive/c/x (which is the same as /c/x in
my computer)

Administrator@bfs /c/x
$ ln -s '\\bfs\h$' csprod_h

And, I have a few of those old symlinks... for which I can do like
this:

cd /c/x/csprod_h and I will be taken there.. It still works for the
old symlinks.

But, when I create some new symlinks using the above method... for
example:

Administrator@bfs /c/x
$ ln -s '\\bfs2\c$' cstest_c

All, I get is a..

cstest_c and it is a "system file"... and I can't cd to that
directory.

when i open the file in text editor, this is what i have for example:

!<symlink>ÿþ\.... with some control characters..

I can't cd to that directory in cygwin nor can i double click on it in
explorer to go to the target directory.

Why the sudden change of behaviour in my system and how can I fix this
problem.

I want symlinks create like above to work.

Possibly because the directory you are pointing to does not exist?

Perhaps you meant to use forward slashes, not back slashes.
Cygwin takes Unix-like directory names, not Windows-like.
--
Fred K
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