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Re: cygwin-xfree 4.2.0 installation problem
- From: Roger <roger_maillist at alltel dot net>
- To: Alexander Gottwald <Alexander dot Gottwald at informatik dot tu-chemnitz dot de>
- Cc: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: 12 Mar 2002 18:13:42 -0500
- Subject: Re: cygwin-xfree 4.2.0 installation problem
- References: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0203120042180.1293-100000@lupus.ago.vpn>
> The format of a symlink in a tar archive is exactly defined. So if you
> tar up a cygwin symlink, you can get two results:
>
> - using cygwin) The file in the archive is a symlink
> - using linux or windows) The file in the archive is a textfile with the
> symlink as text
>
> For extracting a symlink, there are 3 versions
>
> - using cygwin) The file is a cygwin symlink
> - using linux) The file is a symlink or not created as fat does not allow
> symlinks
> - using windows) The file is just a copy of the first file
>
so the rule is, whenever performing system file restoration and backup,
use cygwin explicitly. ...(?)
thanx. eh. now i have to scuttle along with my tail between my legs and
do a reinstall of cygwin. :-)
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