From 0eefa5256bd80d73fe7116cc77ad84418848eb11 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Corinna Vinschen Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 09:10:22 +0000 Subject: * how-using.texinfo: Change text about using shortcuts. --- winsup/doc/ChangeLog | 4 ++++ winsup/doc/how-using.texinfo | 27 ++++++++++++++++----------- 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) (limited to 'winsup/doc') diff --git a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog index 638428d28..45c62348b 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2005-01-28 Corinna Vinschen + + * how-using.texinfo: Change text about using shortcuts. + 2005-01-22 Joshua Daniel Franklin * how-api.texinfo: Make snapshot URL an HTML link. diff --git a/winsup/doc/how-using.texinfo b/winsup/doc/how-using.texinfo index adb371f4b..5c46708bb 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/how-using.texinfo +++ b/winsup/doc/how-using.texinfo @@ -160,17 +160,22 @@ or @subsection Why can't I cd into a shortcut to a directory? -This is only valid up to but not including version 1.3.0: - -Cygwin does not follow MS Windows Explorer Shortcuts (*.lnk files). It -sees a shortcut as a regular file and this you cannot "cd" into it. - -Some people have suggested replacing the current symbolic link scheme -with shortcuts. The major problem with this is that .LNK files would -then be used to symlink Cygwin paths that may or may not be valid -under native Win32 non-Cygwin applications such as Explorer. - -Since version 1.3.0, Cygwin treats shortcuts as symlinks. +Cygwin versions < 1.3.0 do not follow MS Windows Explorer Shortcuts +(*.lnk files). It sees a shortcut as a regular file and this you +cannot "cd" into it. + +Since version 1.3.0, Cygwin uses shortcuts as symlinks by default. + +Cygwin shortcuts are different from shortcuts created by native Windows +applications. Windows applications can usually make use of Cygwin +shortcuts but not vice versa. This is by choice. The reason is that +Windows shortcuts may contain a bunch of extra information which would +get lost, if, for example, Cygwin tar archives and extracts them as +symlinks. + +Changing a Cygwin shortcut in Windows Explorer usually changes a Cygwin +shortcut into a Windows native shortcut. Afterwards, Cygwin will not +recognize it as symlink anymore. @subsection I'm having basic problems with find. Why? -- cgit v1.2.3