Cygwin host failure during configure...

[Correo Fernando-ruiz (E-mail)]

Only a bref explanation about symlink in cygwin.

> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: corsepiu [mailto:corsepiu]En nombre de Ralf Corsepius
> Enviado el: miercoles, 27 de junio de 2001 14:46
> Para: Silverio Diquigiovanni
> CC: rtems-users at oarcorp.com
> Asunto: Re: Cygwin host failure during configure...
>
>
> Silverio Diquigiovanni wrote:
> >
> > Ralf, sorry for my ignorance about...
> >
> > symlink is a program ?
> <*g*> You're not a Unix user? </*g*>
>
> symlink == symbolic link
>
> > In cygwin I don't have fount it...
> The program to install links normally is called "ln", installing
> symbolic links normally is performed by "ln -s".
>
> I am not sure if Cygwin has it but, I have been told cygwin so.

YES.

the cygwin symlink file is a small size file with attributtes hidden, system
and readonly contains some like this

!<symlink>rtems-ss-20010326

For a hard link the solution is very easy.
ln==cp (In Cygwin of course...)
ln makes a copy of source in the target.
Only with a symbolic link the small file is created.

>
> > Please write clear how to I must create a link between
> gcc.exe to cc.exe
>
> ln -s <path-to-gcc>/gcc.exe <somepath-in-$PATH>/cc.exe
>
> e.g.
>
> ln -s /bin/gcc.exe /bin/cc.exe
>
> [I don't know whether the .exe suffix is necessary under Cygwin.]


If you want execute the programs outside bash env. of course.

I can compile the programs (vi, rm, ln, etc) in the msdos command line.

>
> Ralf
>