[CMake] Re: cmake -E create_symlink for Windows

[Brandon J. Van Every]

Philippe Poilbarbe wrote:
> Brandon J. Van Every a écrit :
>>
>> On 2nd thought, I've been reading up on symlinks vs. shortcuts and 
>> they aren't exactly comparable.  MSYS has "ln -s" available but all 
>> it does is a straight copy, not a symlink or a shortcut.  Meanwhile, 
>> plain MinGW wouldn't be expected to have "ln" available, that's an 
>> MSYS thing.  So in sum, I'm thinking it would be useful to have a 
>> create_shortcut ability for Windows native CMake.  Does that 
>> capability exist in some other form already?  If not, I'll make a 
>> feature request.
>> ...
> Windows does not have symlinks at all. 

That's not actually true.  But its symlinks are poorly documented and 
supported, as this article illuminates, which is why I shifted focus to 
shortcuts.  http://shell-shocked.org/article.php?id=284


Cheers,
Brandon Van Every