[boost] Re: Filesystem: remove_all should not follow symlinks

From: Steven E. Harris (seharris_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-11-18 16:17:03

Ross Smith <rosss_at_[hidden]> writes:

> There are differences between Unix symlinks and Windows shortcuts;
> it's hard to say whether they're big enough to justify treating
> Windows shortcuts as something fundamentally different.

There was some relevant discussion on the Cygwin mailing list recently
about how commands like 'ln' should treat and create shortcuts.¹

More on similarities and distinctions:

o Creating shortcuts with cygutils
  http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-effectively.html#AEN1516

o How do symbolic links work?
  http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_4.html#SEC80

o Why can't I cd into a shortcut to a directory? 
  http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_4.html#SEC41

Footnotes: 
¹ http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2003-09/msg01791.html

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