RE: windows junction points vs. SVN_67460

> -----Original Message-----
> From: 'Stefan Sperling' [mailto:stsp_at_elego.de]
> Sent: dinsdag 10 november 2009 17:46
> To: Bert Huijben
> Cc: 'Bob Archer'; 'Ignacio G. T.'; users_at_subversion.tigris.org
> Subject: Re: windows junction points vs. SVN_67460
>
> On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 05:40:56PM +0100, Bert Huijben wrote:
> > When you create a symbolic link on Windows you have to pass whether
> > the link will point to a directory or to a file.
>
> NTFS junctions also?

NTFS junctions are similar to a unix "mount". So these can only point to
directories. (And require full administrative privileges to create).

Creating/changing Symlinks requires a bit more than the common read-write
rights, so that might be an additional issue for creating symlink support.

        Bert

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