From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: (fboundp 'make-symbolic-link) on w32 Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:17:55 -0400 Message-ID: References: <487FD3FA.4050608@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1216347498 8876 80.91.229.12 (18 Jul 2008 02:18:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:18:18 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs Devel To: "Lennart Borgman \(gmail\)" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jul 18 04:19:06 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KJfYm-0005Cn-Aq for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:19:04 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34403 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KJfXs-0006sT-R1 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:18:08 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KJfXm-0006rk-KZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:18:02 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KJfXk-0006r8-PN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:18:02 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=49105 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KJfXk-0006r1-Jd for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:18:00 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.pppoe.ca ([206.248.154.182]:41559 helo=ironport2-out.teksavvy.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KJfXk-0001ck-5M for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:18:00 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AjgFAHOaf0jO+IfC/2dsb2JhbACBWq4ogW0 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.31,207,1215403200"; d="scan'208";a="24488116" Original-Received: from 206-248-135-194.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([206.248.135.194]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP; 17 Jul 2008 22:17:55 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 44E404C05D; Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:17:55 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <487FD3FA.4050608@gmail.com> (Lennart Borgman's message of "Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:21:30 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:100918 Archived-At: > returns t, but when I just tried to use it on Windows XP it gives me > File error: "Symbolic links are not supported" > That seems a bit inconvenient to me. Should it really be this way? Yes: make-symbolic-link will work for some files, just not all. E.g. it may work for files accessed via Tramp. So the only way to figure out if it works is by trying it. Stefan