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| author | Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> | 2001-03-02 12:05:31 +0000 |
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| committer | Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> | 2001-03-02 12:05:31 +0000 |
| commit | 75c566fc64d7557964facbacfb456e952f47027c (patch) | |
| tree | 738e7f8ad91f7d4054ac493a80b5a50d8bf16e8a /winsup/doc/cygwinenv.sgml | |
| parent | e03f5f73381e352469a116d84480427227c04027 (diff) | |
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* cygwinenv.sgml: Add text for `winsymlinks' option.
* how-api.texinfo: Add text to explain new symlinks==shortcuts
and the CYGWIN setting `(no)winsymlinks'.
* how-using.texinfo: Add text that Cygwin now treats shortcuts
as symlinks.
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diff --git a/winsup/doc/cygwinenv.sgml b/winsup/doc/cygwinenv.sgml index 41c94019e..f4ebad01c 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/cygwinenv.sgml +++ b/winsup/doc/cygwinenv.sgml @@ -93,5 +93,11 @@ expected instead of ^Z, and is settable via stty. This option must be specified before starting a Cygwin shell and it cannot be changed in the shell.</para> </listitem> +<listitem> +<para><FirstTerm>(no)winsymlinks</FirstTerm> - if set, Cygwin creates +symlinks as Windows shortcuts with a special header and the R/O attribute +set. If not set, Cygwin creates symlinks as plain files with a magic number, +a path and the system attribute set. Defaults to set.</para> +</listitem> </itemizedlist> </sect1> |