On 5/21/2009 2:16 PM, Thrall, Bryan wrote: > It's likely that those files *ARE* symlinks; under Cygwin 1.7, symlinks > are implemented as normal files Yes, that was my point. They are cygwin symlinks, but he's examining them in an environment that doesn't recognize them as such. Look at his directory listing: > -rwxrwxrwx 1 emagiro ath 104 May 21 13:57 .#singlebuildweb.pl Ken -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/