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From:
Robert Spier
Date:
April 29, 2003 16:19
Subject:
Re: windows, shortcuts and 'use lib'
Message ID:
m34r4gki2n.wl_rspier@pobox.com

This whole thread makes little sense to me.

A windows shortcut file is _not_ the equivalent of a UNIX symlink.

It's meant so that Explorer can store meta-data about file location,
icons and other things.

If you ask MS Word to access c:\Some.lnk\file.doc, I'm 99% sure it
will fail.  Perl should do the same.

-R
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