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authorCorinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>2001-03-02 15:05:31 +0300
committerCorinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>2001-03-02 15:05:31 +0300
commit75c566fc64d7557964facbacfb456e952f47027c (patch)
tree738e7f8ad91f7d4054ac493a80b5a50d8bf16e8a /winsup/doc/cygwinenv.sgml
parente03f5f73381e352469a116d84480427227c04027 (diff)
* cygwinenv.sgml: Add text for `winsymlinks' option.
* how-api.texinfo: Add text to explain new symlinks==shortcuts and the CYGWIN setting `(no)winsymlinks'. * how-using.texinfo: Add text that Cygwin now treats shortcuts as symlinks.
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@@ -93,5 +93,11 @@ expected instead of ^Z, and is settable via stty.
This option must be specified before starting a Cygwin shell
and it cannot be changed in the shell.</para>
</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para><FirstTerm>(no)winsymlinks</FirstTerm> - if set, Cygwin creates
+symlinks as Windows shortcuts with a special header and the R/O attribute
+set. If not set, Cygwin creates symlinks as plain files with a magic number,
+a path and the system attribute set. Defaults to set.</para>
+</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect1>