> -----Original Message----- > From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org > [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Lunn > Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2015 4:08 PM > To: TCLUG Mailing List > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] symlinks on NTFS USB drive in > Cygwin and Linux > > On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 03:43:32PM -0600, Mike Miller wrote: > > I have an NTFS external USB drive that I sometimes attach to an > > (old) Windows XP box that has Cygwin installed, and other times I > > attach it to an Ubuntu box. I made a bunch of symlinks in Cygwin on > > XP but when I look at them on Ubuntu they are just small regular > > files. > > > > So my first question is basically this: What are you guys doing to > > deal with this kind of issue? It would be best if I could make > > symlinks that just worked in Linux and Windows. Can that be done? > > See > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS_symbolic_link > > Andrew Does this mean I can use a symbolic link to share text files (journals and notes) between my XP PC and my Android phone? Would xcopy /D from a PC batch file keep the two collections "in sync" ? Chuck