[TSVN] Re: symbolic links - unix to unix via Tortoise
From: Jens Scheidtmann <Jens.Scheidtmann_at_bayerbbs.com>
Date: 2005-08-09 15:07:02 CEST
"Mark Richards" <mark.richards@massmicro.com> writes:
> Jens,
No, shortcuts are files ending with .lnk and applications have to handle them
> If the file attributes (including this bit) cannot be read by Tortoise, that
No bit is involved.
> If these attributes are not available through DAV,
Right. Explorer has no notion of symbolic links.
> However I'm uncertain if Samba is even used when
Surely not, TSVN uses WebDAV or it's own protocol.
> Besides, if the
The problem doesn't reside on the svn side, but on the windows/samba
Read up:
In addition some of these advanced features only work on NTFS
So please appreciate that the svn developers do not want to surrender
/me wondering: windows is posix compatible, isn't it? Aren't symbolic
See also:
PearlMagik.com - Winbolic Link
Google Answers: how to create a symbolic link under Win2K, WinXP, and above?
Microsoft's Services For Unix
Windows Services for Unix Home
File and Directory Linking
Symbolic Link On Windows
> Perhaps users who would like to use Tortoise SVN as a fully-featured front
If you want that feature please be so kind to program it yourself.
Jens
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