Thread: [A-A-P-develop] bug: aap does not follow symlinks in Cygwin
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From: Cory D. <cor...@tw...> - 2003-11-28 21:07:04
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The following trivial aap file will demonstrate a difference between how ~ A-A-P operates on Unix and on Windows. Try this test on both real unix and a cygwin install: First, set up a directory with a subdirectory, and a symlink to it. $ mkdir -p 1/2 $ ln -s 1 1x Then, run "aap works" and "aap cygwin-broken" on the following script - ---- cut ---- works: 1/2 :print done with works cygwin-broken: 1x/2 :print done with cygwin-broken - ---- cut ---- Both targets work on Unix, but only the first one works in Cygwin. C -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3-nr1 (Windows XP) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE/x7jn3A5SrXAiHQcRAjSbAJ9bBBYKCS9JBaS4ibEfDBgL0yN9QwCfVf0a wy8V9fumbMXbIKY0f5zJPI8= =ZkQF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- |
From: Bram M. <Br...@mo...> - 2003-12-23 16:45:06
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Cory Dodt wrote: > The following trivial aap file will demonstrate a difference between how > ~ A-A-P operates on Unix and on Windows. Try this test on both real unix > and a cygwin install: > > First, set up a directory with a subdirectory, and a symlink to it. > > $ mkdir -p 1/2 > $ ln -s 1 1x Eh, symlinks on MS-Windows? These don't exist. Perhaps Cygwin has some internal trick to make it work for Cygwin programs, but it won't work in general. Unless you use a Cygwin version of Python perhaps. -- From "know your smileys": *<|:-) Santa Claus (Ho Ho Ho) /// Bram Moolenaar -- Bram@Moolenaar.net -- http://www.Moolenaar.net \\\ /// Creator of Vim - Vi IMproved -- http://www.Vim.org \\\ \\\ Project leader for A-A-P -- http://www.A-A-P.org /// \\\ Help AIDS victims, buy here: http://ICCF-Holland.org/click1.html /// |