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* cygwinenv.sgml: Add text for `winsymlinks' option.

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* how-api.texinfo: Add text to explain new symlinks==shortcuts
        and the CYGWIN setting `(no)winsymlinks'.
        * how-using.texinfo: Add text that Cygwin now treats shortcuts
        as symlinks.
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@subsection Why can't I cd into a shortcut to a directory?
This is only valid up to but not including version 1.3.0:
Cygwin does not follow MS Windows Explorer Shortcuts (*.lnk files). It
sees a shortcut as a regular file and this you cannot "cd" into it.
@ -106,6 +108,8 @@ with shortcuts. The major problem with this is that .LNK files would
then be used to symlink Cygwin paths that may or may not be valid
under native Win32 non-Cygwin applications such as Explorer.
Since version 1.3.0, Cygwin treats shortcuts as symlinks.
@subsection I'm having basic problems with find. Why?
Make sure you are using the find that came with Cygwin and that you