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Recently I have tested to write Android application with native code C/C++. The problem is in making symbolic link when using Android NDK. After some Googling, some say to use cygwin. I have installed it now. Please tell me how to make symbolic link with cygwin in Windows 7.
Thanks in advance.
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To create a symbolic link, open a command prompt with administrative privileges and use the mklink command. For example, the following command creates a symbolic link from C:\Myapp.exe to Notepad in the system directory. Note Developers can call the CreateSymbolicLink function to create symbolic links.
Ln Command to Create Symbolic Links Use the -s option to create a soft (symbolic) link. The -f option will force the command to overwrite a file that already exists. Source is the file or directory being linked to.
Overview. Symlinks, or symbolic links, are “virtual” files or folders which reference a physical file or folder located elsewhere, and are an important feature built in to many operating systems, including Linux and Windows. The Windows' NTFS file system has supported symlinks since Windows Vista.
In short, define the following environment variable:
CYGWIN=winsymlinks:nativestrict According to Cygwin documentation:
If set to
winsymlinks:nativeorwinsymlinks:nativestrict, Cygwin creates symlinks as native Windows symlinks on filesystems and OS versions supporting them.The difference between
winsymlinks:nativeandwinsymlinks:nativestrictis this: If the filesystem supports native symlinks and Cygwin fails to create a native symlink for some reason, it will fall back to creating Cygwin default symlinks withwinsymlinks:native, while withwinsymlinks:nativestrictthesymlink(2)system call will immediately fail.
You should also make sure you run Cygwin with elevated privileges (right-click the shortcut and choose Run as Administrator, or set the mintty shortcut property, Advanced → Run as Administrator).
Some details are provided in the other answer.
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