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> A better patch (imho) would be to make the "-l" operator return true for
> filenames which end in ".lnk", and hack "readlink on windows to grock the
> format of shortcut files. Then, one could write:
>
> use lib readlink('shortcut.lnk');
>
> Which would thus require no alteration of lib.pm.
I thought of this, the problem with it is that it isn't totally transparent.
If I have a script on unix, I still have to have some sort of wrapper around
use lib...
As for open (FD, "C:/path/something.lnk/stuff") working, well I wouldn't mind..
After all, perl already substitutes '\' for '/'...
Short point - symbolic links not working on NT is a major pain in the #$#$#%.
Perl making them work (and work transparently) would be a big plus.
Anyone know why microsoft doesn't just bite the bullet and put them in? Is it
a limit in NTFS?
Ed
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