How do I create a symbolik link in Windows 10 via Cygwin?

[dmitrii_fediuk]

Add winsymlinks:nativestrict to the CYGWIN environment variable.

• cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-cygwinenv.html#:~:text=winsymlinks:nativestrict
  • archive.is/Marua#selection-295.0-295.11
  • web.archive.org/web/20240818083024/https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-cygwinenv.html#:~:text=winsymlinks:nativestrict

[dmitrii_fediuk]

How do I create a symbolic link in Windows 10 via cmd?

[dmitrii_fediuk]

• Why could cp in Cygwin could fail with the error «cp: cannot create symbolic link '<...>': No such file or directory» in the winsymlinks:nativestrict mode?
• A comparison of symbolic link types in Windows and Cygwin