mklink/Windows cmd for MinGW

C:\WINDOWS\system32>mklink
The syntax of the command is incorrect.
Creates a symbolic link.

MKLINK [[/D] | [/H] | [/J]] Link Target

        /D      Creates a directory symbolic link.  Default is a file
                symbolic link.
        /H      Creates a hard link instead of a symbolic link.
        /J      Creates a Directory Junction.
        Link    Specifies the new symbolic link name.
        Target  Specifies the path (relative or absolute) that the new link
                refers to.

 

###Administrator privelege is needed 

C:\WINDOWS\system32>mklink    C:\MinGW\msys\1.0\bin\gcc.exe    C:\MinGW\bin\gcc.exe
symbolic link created for C:\MinGW\msys\1.0\bin\gcc.exe <<===>> C:\MinGW\bin\gcc.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32>

 

C:\Users\jhula>dir     C:\MinGW\msys\1.0\bin\gcc.exe
 Volume in drive C is OSDisk
 Volume Serial Number is BA87-7956

 Directory of C:\MinGW\msys\1.0\bin

2019/07/19  10:38    <SYMLINK>      gcc.exe [C:\MinGW\bin\gcc.exe]
               1 File(s)              0 bytes
               0 Dir(s)  28,044,410,880 bytes free

C:\Users\jhula>

 

###MinGW 

lake@localhost /usr/bin
$ which gcc
/usr/bin/./gcc.exe

lake@localhost /usr/bin
$ gcc -version
gcc.exe: error: unrecognized command line option '-version'
gcc.exe: fatal error: no input files
compilation terminated.