Recently I have tested to write an Android application with native code in C/C++. The problem is in making symbolic links when using the Android NDK. After some googling, some say to use Cygwin. I have installed it now. How can I make a symbolic link with Cygwin in Windows 7?
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You may try to use "mklink" instead of "ln -s" as Tony O'Hagan suggested in an answer to Git Bash shell fails to create symbolic links.
We had a similar problem and had a solution not documented in previous answers.
We needed a way to create a directory remote link that worked for both Cygwin and Windows 7 to a remote Samba (Linux) share.
We used this command in Windows PowerShell and it worked.
CMD /C MKLINK /D C:\local_dir_path\dir \\\\192.168.0.1\remote_dir_path\dir
The above command makes a link that works in both.
Of course, please change the local and remote directories to meet your needs.
ln -s works in Cygwin, but not Windows.
Using a "make link" command in Windows Explorer (folder view) worked in Windows, but not in Cygwin.
A similar command as above entered in Cygwin did not work and we didn't completely understand why. Perhaps it is related to conversion of strings or paths.
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