Enable native NTFS symbolic links for Cygwin
Recent NTFS and Windows implement symlinks: NTFS junction point can be used as directory symlink since NTFS 3.0 (Windows 2000) using linkd or junction tools. NTFS symbolic link can also be used as symlink (for both file and directory) since Windows Vista using mklink tool. But on Cygwin 1.7 (installed on Windows 7), ln -s creates a text file. on Cygwin: $ ln -s -v target mylink `mylink' -> `target' on MinGW (or your favorite editor): $ cat mylink !<symlink>ÿþt a r g e t Is it possible to tell Cygwing to use NTFS junction point or NTFS symbolic link ? other question: Is this available on MinGW?