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Diffstat (limited to 'winsup/doc/pathnames.xml')
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/winsup/doc/pathnames.xml b/winsup/doc/pathnames.xml index d62808906..3c0bdc133 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/pathnames.xml +++ b/winsup/doc/pathnames.xml @@ -391,14 +391,13 @@ followed by the path to which the link points. They are marked with the DOS SYSTEM attribute so that only files with that attribute have to be read to determine whether or not the file is a symbolic link.</para> -<note><para>Starting with Cygwin 1.7, symbolic links are using UTF-16 to encode -the filename of the target file, to better support internationalization. -Symlinks created by older Cygwin releases can be read just fine. However, -you could run into problems with them if you're now using another character -set than the one you used when creating these symlinks -(see <xref linkend="setup-locale-problems"></xref>). Please note that this -new UTF-16 style of symlinks is not compatible with older Cygwin release, -which can't read the target filename correctly.</para></note> +<note><para>Cygwin symbolic links are using UTF-16 to encode the filename of +the target file, to better support internationalization. Symlinks created by +old Cygwin releases can be read just fine. However, you could run into +problems with them if you're now using another character set than the one you +used when creating these symlinks +(see <xref linkend="setup-locale-problems"></xref>). +</para></note> </listitem> <listitem> |