[CMake] Re: cmake -E create_symlink for Windows

[Jan Woetzel]

Brandon J. Van Every wrote:

>> Are the notions of "shortcut" and "symlink" sufficiently similar, 
>> that it's reasonable to include this capability for Windows in general? 
>
With native Windows only XP with NTFS has "real" links - and only hard 
links, not soft links.

Jan.

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