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When mounting a Windows 7 share on Linux, how can Windows
junction points be suppressed (or otherwise handled so that
one that points up to a containing directory can't cause an endless
loop)? For example, the (standard, Windows-created) junction point at "C:\Users\someuser\Application Data\" links back up to "C:\Users\someuser\". When I try to mount C: on Linux and run a command that recursively traverses down subdirectories (e.g., find, du) the command iterates through (the Linux pathnames for):
Apparently, Linux and/or the commands see the junction point as a regular directory, not recognizing it as a symbolic link or other structure that can cause a filesystem traversal loop. (In Windows Explorer, the junction point shows up as a folder that can't be opened ("Access is denied"). In CygWin on Windows, the junction point seems to show up as a regular Unix symlink, so the find command normally skips it, and even with -follow specified, find can recognize and cut the traversal loop.) So, how can junction point be suppressed or handled? Is there any way to: - Tell Windows to suppress reporting junction points as directories? - Get Linux's CIFS mounting to recognize junction points and present them as symbolic links? - Get Linux's CIFS mounting to recognize junction points and simply suppress them? (I've tried with both the administrative share for C: (C$) and a user-created share of C:.) Thanks, Daniel |