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authorEgor Tensin <Egor.Tensin@gmail.com>2023-05-21 20:33:48 +0200
committerEgor Tensin <Egor.Tensin@gmail.com>2023-05-21 20:33:48 +0200
commit89159d00dd4449d9e503495607f2c0a381902211 (patch)
treebb9ead438aa4d81aaf30d1bfa04167d96eb5edf0
parentuse `--progress plain` with docker-compose build (diff)
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move comments from links-update to READMEv2.0.4
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9c04c05..df919a6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -134,6 +134,16 @@ macOS is supported on a basic level.
GNU coreutils and findutils are required, which you can install using Homebrew.
Don't forget to add them to PATH!
+Cygwin
+------
+
+These scripts rely on the availability of native symlinks.
+On Windows/NTFS, they require Administrator privileges.
+
+Remember that in order to force `ln` to use native NTFS symlinks, your `CYGWIN`
+environment variable **must** include either `winsymlinks:native` or
+`winsymlinks:nativestrict`.
+
License
-------
diff --git a/links-update b/links-update
index 0d0630c..c95530d 100755
--- a/links-update
+++ b/links-update
@@ -5,18 +5,6 @@
# For details, see https://github.com/egor-tensin/config-links.
# Distributed under the MIT License.
-# This script relies on the availability of native symlinks.
-# Those are indeed supported by NTFS, but require Administrator privileges for
-# creation.
-# It likely won't bother you as long as you don't use the functions defined in
-# this file.
-# In any case, you will see `ln` complaining about some access being denied in
-# case something goes wrong.
-#
-# Remember that in order to force `ln` to use native NTFS symlinks, your
-# `CYGWIN` Windows environment variable value **must** include either
-# `winsymlinks:native` or `winsymlinks:nativestrict`!
-
# usage: ./links-update [-h|--help] [-d|--database PATH] [-s|--shared-dir DIR] [-m|--mode MODE] [-n|--dry-run]
set -o errexit -o nounset -o pipefail