How did I fix «cp: cannot create symbolic link '<...>': No such file or directory» in Cygwin?

dmitrii_fediuk (Dmitrii Fediuk) April 4, 2025, 11:21am 3

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