Re: NTFS junctions for ln and ls (and others?)

[Bob Proulx]

Tuomo Latto wrote:
> I'm not sure if this the right place to post this
> since I'm not sure if you deal directly with Windows
> ports.

Not directly.  I don't think anyone here uses MS systems.  But thanks
for bringing it up.  I am sure that other users will benefit from it.

The best place for discussing the MS-Windows port is on the Cygwin
lists.  This web link will get you to the top page.  There are links
below this to the mailing lists there.

  http://cygwin.com/

Bob

> Anyway, I'd like to suggest that for Windows
> ln would create NTFS junctions whenever possible
> and politely refuse when not possible.
> 
> Junction support would be especially nice in ls
> (and maybe in some other utils as well) since
> it already recognizes similar functionality on Un*x side
> (-F parameter).
> 
> There is at least some amount of existing (and working) code
> for creating and deleting junctions available at
> http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/source/misc.shtml#junction
> although I'm not sure about the licensing.
> 
> 
> PS. Please include my address in follow-ups as
> I have not subscribed to the list.
> 
> -- 
> Tuomo
> 
> ... To boldly go and watch Star Trek re-runs