I'm in a pause in a meeting just now (nothing to do with computing), but will have a look at your solutions as far as possible. Perhaps I will pray to be reincarnated as a programmer in my next life :-\ . It is real fun, but alas time consuming at my stage and may be even more if I get hooked. Kolbjoern Ulf-D. Ehlert skreiv: > Kolbjørn Stuestøl (Montag, 15. Juni 2009, 00:13): > >> Ulf-D. Ehlert skreiv: >> >>> What are .lnk files? >>> >> Files that links (points) to other files instead of containing the >> "real" file. (Also called "shortcuts"). A file "myImage.png.lnk" >> may for example point to the real image file "myImage.png". The >> ".lnk" don't show up in the browser, but they are there. >> > > So .lnk files are symlinks, and apparently there are two kinds of > symlinks, since the 'ln -s' command under Cygwin creates also > symlinks - is this correct? > > Maybe here is the problem: Windows expects Windows-like symlinks (.lnk > files) and can't handle Linux-like symlinks created by 'make' under > Cygwin? Then you have to start your browsers using Cygwin? > > >> I'll give it a try. >> > > I have changed the Perl script we use to create links to images files > and have committed it to a new branch (try 'git branch -a'). > (Use 'grep -A3 -B6 make_image_links Makefile.GNU' so see how the > script is used with 'make'.) > > Now you can use it also for making hardlinks or copying files. > > You may want to knock on wood and try: > 1a) $ rm -rf xml/no/images/* > $ tools/make_image_links.pl -v --mode=symlink images/C \ > xml/no/images > 1b) same as above (don't forget to remove xml/no/images/*), > but replace "symlink" with "hardlink" > (then check the image files with and without browser) > 1c) same as above, with "copy" instead of "hardlink" > 2) $ rm html/no/images # this was still a symlink > $ mkdir -v html/no/images > 2a) $ tools/make_image_links.pl -v --mode=symlink images/C \ > html/no/images > (check the image files with and without browser) > 2b) $ rm -rf html/no/images/* > $ tools/... like above, with "hardlink" instead of "symlink" > 2c) same as above, with "copy" instead of "hardlink" > (Note that I skipped the images/common files.) > > Maybe also try 1b) and 1c) with a .lnk file html/no/images.lnk? > > >> At first I have to figure out the difference between the >> hard links and sym links >> > > You can consider a hard link more or less as the name of a file or > directory. > Making another hard link with 'ln old new' just means creating > another name for the same file. Both links are equal in any respect > except the path/name. > > >> and how to handle them in Windows. >> > > Try the above tests and see what happens. > > >> The summer is not the best time for working on the computer. Long >> days, short nights. Time for outdoor living and to be a social >> creature. >> > > Right! :-) > > >> Some not even logical abridgments. >> > > Then you should check "The UNIX-HATERS Handbook"! ;-) > > Bye, > Ulf > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Gimp-docs mailing list > Gimp-docs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-docs > _______________________________________________ Gimp-docs mailing list Gimp-docs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-docs
