Windows 10 Creators Update and Symlinks

[Corinna Vinschen]

On Apr 24 18:52, David Macek wrote:
> > ver
> Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.15063]
> 
> $ uname -a
> CYGWIN_NT-10.0 mew 2.8.1(0.310/5/3)  x86_64 Cygwin
> 
> === Developer mode DISabled, non-elevated Administrators account
> 
> > echo > foo
> > mklink bar foo
> You do not have sufficient privilege to perform this operation.
> 
> $ export CYGWIN="winsymlinks:nativestrict"
> $ touch foo
> $ ln -s foo bar
> ln: failed to create symbolic link 'bar': Operation not permitted

EPERM?  That's fine, actually.


Thanks!


Corinna

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