This is the mail archive of the
cygwin
mailing list for the Cygwin project.
Re: Strange linking
On Apr 20 14:04, Bertalan Fodor wrote:
>
> >While this is a problem which could be "fixed" in some way in Cygwin, I'm
> >nevertheless wondering how you want the ambiguity to be solved. If you
> >type "etex" on the command line, do you want etex -> pdfetex.exe to be
> >started or etex.exe?
> >
> I want etex -> pdfetex.exe (if etex exists, it should be used instead of
> etex.exe)
There's a funny workaround which will result in a symlink which also
is printed as a symlink in ls:
$ CYGWIN=nowinsymlink ln -s ...
> >Regardless how that's solved in Cygwin, it will
> >work contrary to the expectations in 50% of the cases.
> >
> OK, I can see that, I just wanted to be sure about the nature of this.
However, if you try to start "etex", Cygwin will nevertheless run etex.exe,
not pdfetex.exe.
Corinna
--
Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to
Cygwin Project Co-Leader mailto:cygwin@cygwin.com
Red Hat, Inc.
--
Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html
Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html
FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/