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how to show symbolic links in window environment?
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| wenmang@yahoo.com 2006-02-22, 6:04 pm |
| Hi,
I encountered a problem after mapping a PC drive to my home dir under
unix.
I have created a bunches of symbolic links to certain dirs and tried to
show them in window(XP) explorer, but symbolic links are not
displayable. I can see other files/dirs without any problem. How can I
fix it?
thx
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| Logan Shaw 2006-02-26, 10:15 am |
| wenmang@yahoo.com wrote:
> I encountered a problem after mapping a PC drive to my home dir under
> unix.
> I have created a bunches of symbolic links to certain dirs and tried to
> show them in window(XP) explorer, but symbolic links are not
> displayable. I can see other files/dirs without any problem. How can I
> fix it?
Does Windows have a concept of symbolic links? If not, how do you
expect it to display them?
Also, even if it did, what would you expect them to point to,
considering that they contain paths which are very likely to be
valid only on the Unix machine?
- Logan
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| donnie 2006-02-26, 10:15 am |
| On Sat, 25 Feb 2006 00:53:42 GMT, Logan Shaw
<lshaw-usenet@austin.rr.com> wrote:
>wenmang@yahoo.com wrote:
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>Does Windows have a concept of symbolic links? If not, how do you
>expect it to display them?
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>Also, even if it did, what would you expect them to point to,
>considering that they contain paths which are very likely to be
>valid only on the Unix machine?
>
> - Logan
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The closest windows comes to symbolic link is what programs are used
to open particular files. That's all I can see.
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| blmblm@myrealbox.com 2006-02-26, 10:15 am |
| In article <edcvv1p080mark0lclrqsrkivn9u9248u6@4ax.com>,
donnie <donnie@queyosepa.org> wrote:
>On Sat, 25 Feb 2006 00:53:42 GMT, Logan Shaw
><lshaw-usenet@austin.rr.com> wrote:
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[ snip ]
>###################################
>The closest windows comes to symbolic link is what programs are used
>to open particular files. That's all I can see.
I'd have said that Windows "shortcuts" were pretty close to symbolic
links, while the "what programs are used to open particular files"
thing would be closer to, what, the mailcap file? But I claim no
particular expertise, or even familiarity, with Windows ....
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| Michael Heiming 2006-02-26, 10:15 am |
| In comp.unix.admin wenmang@yahoo.com <wenmang@yahoo.com>:
> Hi,
> I encountered a problem after mapping a PC drive to my home dir under
> unix.
> I have created a bunches of symbolic links to certain dirs and tried to
> show them in window(XP) explorer, but symbolic links are not
> displayable. I can see other files/dirs without any problem. How can I
> fix it?
That's simple, install Linux/FreeBSD or alike and things will
just work.
Good luck
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| Cezary Morga 2006-02-26, 10:15 am |
| Michael Heiming wrote:
> In comp.unix.admin wenmang@yahoo.com <wenmang@yahoo.com>:
>
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> That's simple, install Linux/FreeBSD or alike and things will
> just work.
>
> Good luck
>
You simply can't show symbolic links under windows. If you want to have an
access to every file on your unix partition in windows don't use symbolic
links.
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Cezary Morga
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| Logan Shaw 2006-02-26, 8:48 pm |
| Cezary Morga wrote:
> Michael Heiming wrote:
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> You simply can't show symbolic links under windows. If you want to have an
> access to every file on your unix partition in windows don't use symbolic
> links.
Or do put "follow symlinks = yes" in smb.conf, if you're using Samba.
However, you still won't be able to see the symlinks -- just things
that they point to.
- Logan
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