From: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 22:15:17 GMT
Subject: Re: git 0.99.7b doesn't build on Cygwin
Message-ID: <433872F5.5060807@zytor.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0509261502080.1716@localhost.localdomain>

Davide Libenzi wrote:
>>
>> Except that Cygwin uses them transparently, so if you do open() and 
>> read() under Cygwin they work as expected.
> 
> With Cygwin you don't even need .lnk files, since it already supports 
> all the Unix symlinks APIs/cmds. The discussion born thinking about a 
> native Win32 interface, w/out the Cygwin crud in it.
> 

Cygwin symbolic links are implemented as .lnk files on the underlying 
filesystem was my point.

	-hpaa