> 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? EdThread Previous | Thread Next