From: Douglas Stockwell <doug@11011.net>
To: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add a new lstat implementation based on Win32 API, and make stat use that implementation too.
Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2007 08:31:53 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <46E08DE9.4060701@11011.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <85bqcfbvpe.fsf@lola.goethe.zz>
David Kastrup wrote:
> If anybody is as fortunate as to actually have Vista available, it
> would be nice if he corroborated that relative links under Vista are
> indeed (as Microsoft appears to claim) relative with regard to the
> current work directory rather than the directory containing the link.
I believe the wording "resolves the path relative to the current
directory" actually refers to the creation of links, not to their use.
C:\stest>ver
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6000]
C:\stest>echo test > file
C:\stest>mkdir links
C:\stest>cd links
C:\stest\links>echo links > file
C:\stest\links>mklink relative file
symbolic link created for relative <<===>> file
C:\stest\links>mklink dotted .\file
symbolic link created for dotted <<===>> .\file
C:\stest\links>mklink parent ..\file
symbolic link created for parent <<===>> ..\file
C:\stest\links>mklink rooted \stest\links\file
symbolic link created for rooted <<===>> \stest\links\file
C:\stest\links>mklink absolute c:file
symbolic link created for absolute <<===>> c:file
C:\stest\links>dir
07/09/2007 08:09 AM <DIR> .
07/09/2007 08:09 AM <DIR> ..
07/09/2007 08:09 AM <SYMLINK> absolute [C:\stest\links\file]
07/09/2007 08:09 AM <SYMLINK> dotted [.\file]
07/09/2007 08:09 AM 8 file
07/09/2007 08:09 AM <SYMLINK> parent [..\file]
07/09/2007 08:09 AM <SYMLINK> relative [file]
07/09/2007 08:09 AM <SYMLINK> rooted [\stest\links\file]
C:\stest\links>cd ..
C:\stest>type links\relative
links
C:\stest>type links\dotted
links
C:\stest>type links\parent
test
C:\stest>type links\rooted
links
C:\stest>type links\absolute
links
C:\stest>mkdir a
C:\stest>echo a > a\file
C:\stest>move links a
1 dir(s) moved.
C:\stest>type a\links\relative
links
C:\stest>type a\links\dotted
links
C:\stest>type a\links\parent
a
C:\stest>type a\links\rooted
The system cannot find the path specified.
C:\stest>type a\links\absolute
The system cannot find the path specified.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-09-06 23:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 86+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-09-02 14:49 Stats in Git Marius Storm-Olsen
2007-09-02 14:51 ` [PATCH] Add a new lstat implementation based on Win32 API, and make stat use that implementation too Marius Storm-Olsen
2007-09-02 14:57 ` Marius Storm-Olsen
2007-09-02 15:32 ` Reece Dunn
2007-09-02 16:09 ` Marius Storm-Olsen
2007-09-02 16:33 ` Reece Dunn
2007-09-02 16:47 ` Brian Gernhardt
2007-09-02 16:53 ` Reece Dunn
2007-09-02 17:05 ` Marius Storm-Olsen
2007-09-02 17:44 ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-09-02 17:58 ` David Kastrup
2007-09-02 18:18 ` Marius Storm-Olsen
2007-09-02 18:16 ` Johannes Sixt
2007-09-02 18:44 ` Marius Storm-Olsen
2007-09-02 19:07 ` Johannes Sixt
2007-09-02 19:31 ` Marius Storm-Olsen
2007-09-02 20:27 ` Robin Rosenberg
2007-09-02 21:26 ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-09-02 21:42 ` Robin Rosenberg
2007-09-02 23:02 ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-09-03 7:07 ` Johannes Sixt
2007-09-03 11:21 ` Miklos Vajna
2007-09-03 11:32 ` David Kastrup
2007-09-05 16:02 ` Miklos Vajna
2007-09-05 19:01 ` David Kastrup
2007-09-06 16:26 ` Miklos Vajna
2007-09-06 16:33 ` David Kastrup
2007-09-06 23:31 ` Douglas Stockwell [this message]
2007-09-07 6:36 ` David Kastrup
2007-09-02 21:38 ` Alex Riesen
2007-09-02 22:04 ` Robin Rosenberg
2007-09-03 6:15 ` Marius Storm-Olsen
2007-09-03 11:39 ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-09-03 11:51 ` David Kastrup
2007-09-03 11:53 ` Marius Storm-Olsen
2007-09-03 12:33 ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-09-02 21:41 ` Alex Riesen
2007-09-03 6:12 ` Marius Storm-Olsen
2007-09-03 7:47 ` Johannes Sixt
2007-09-03 7:55 ` Marius Storm-Olsen
[not found] ` <46DBFA2A.7050003@trolltech.com>
2007-09-03 12:38 ` [PATCH] Add a new lstat and fstat implementation based on Win32 API Marius Storm-Olsen
2007-09-03 13:33 ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-09-03 13:52 ` Marius Storm-Olsen
2007-09-03 14:39 ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-09-03 16:22 ` Marius Storm-Olsen
2007-09-03 16:56 ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-09-03 13:53 ` Johannes Sixt
2007-09-03 14:35 ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-09-03 19:21 ` Marius Storm-Olsen
2007-09-04 2:21 ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-09-04 7:41 ` Johannes Sixt
2007-09-04 8:53 ` David Kastrup
2007-09-04 10:20 ` Marius Storm-Olsen
2007-09-04 10:53 ` Johannes Sixt
2007-09-04 11:21 ` Marius Storm-Olsen
2007-09-04 11:28 ` Johannes Sixt
2007-09-04 21:31 ` David Kastrup
2007-09-04 10:48 ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-09-04 11:36 ` Johannes Sixt
2007-09-04 11:53 ` Marius Storm-Olsen
2007-09-04 13:56 ` Marius Storm-Olsen
2007-09-04 14:07 ` Johannes Sixt
2007-09-04 14:32 ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-09-04 14:52 ` Johannes Sixt
2007-09-04 14:16 ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-09-04 14:30 ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-09-04 14:43 ` Marius Storm-Olsen
2007-09-04 14:48 ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-09-04 15:05 ` David Kastrup
2007-09-04 16:32 ` Marius Storm-Olsen
2007-09-04 12:46 ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-09-04 12:57 ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-09-04 21:02 ` Rutger Nijlunsing
2007-09-04 21:54 ` Reece Dunn
2007-09-05 6:22 ` Marius Storm-Olsen
2007-09-05 10:15 ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-09-04 13:03 ` Johannes Sixt
2007-09-06 16:18 ` Johannes Sixt
2007-09-06 16:34 ` Marius Storm-Olsen
2007-09-03 13:49 ` Johannes Sixt
2007-09-03 14:38 ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-09-03 16:15 ` Marius Storm-Olsen
2007-09-03 16:55 ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-09-02 20:02 ` Stats in Git Alex Riesen
2007-09-02 20:09 ` Marius Storm-Olsen
2007-09-03 8:19 ` Matthieu Moy
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