Thanks!!
It makes sense.
> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: Ulrich Eckhardt [mailto:eckhardt@satorlaser.com]
> Enviado el: jueves, 13 de diciembre de 2007 12:54
> Para: users@subversion.tigris.org
> Asunto: Re: Strange error importing projects
>
> On Thursday 13 December 2007, Gonzalez Diaz, Xoan wrote:
> > I am importing a tree of directories and having a strange error (with
> both,
> > command line interface and Tortoise).
> >
> > When the process find a .dnx file (Rational® Application Developer for
> > WebSphere® Software diagram) it stops with the following error:
> >
> > Symbolic links are not supported in this platform.
> >
> >
> > I find that file, with the icon indicating there is no program
> associated
> > to open it, but with a little black circle at the bottom right. If I
> open
> > that file (withou modifying it) with Ultraedit and close, that circle
> > dissapears. Then, I try again the "import" and all works fine.
>
> That black circle should contain an arrow (maybe it's obscured by the rest
> of
> the icon). This arrow means that the 'file' is in fact a symbolic link to
> a
> file. Using the context-menu you could look up the properties and there
> you
> would find where the symbolic link points to. Opening the link and then
> saving replaces the symbolic link with a copy of the file, therefore
> the 'black circle' is gone.
>
> FYI: Subversion doesn't support symbolic links on win32 because these
> links
> are not implemented by the OS' filesystem level but rather they are normal
> files (.lnk) that are only interpreted differently by the MS Windows
> Explorer
> and some related tools. Many other programs also don't support those,
> including e.g. the OS itself, which you will find if you ever try to make
> a
> symlink to a DLL work. ;|
>
> Uli
>
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