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From:
Dave Mitchell
Date:
March 26, 2014 11:03
Subject:
-l on win32, VMS etc
Message ID:
20140326110211.GU1615@iabyn.com
There's some code I want to fix in ExtUtils::Install which currently does
(roughly)
chmod 0666, $file;
unlink $file;
and I want to change it to
chmod 0666, $file unless -l $file;
unlink $file;
but I don't know how to do this on non-UNIX platforms.
I'm wondering whether I can rely on -l always being false on platforms
that don't support symlinks? perlport is very vague: it just says:
C<-g>, C<-k>, C<-l>, C<-u>, C<-A> are not particularly meaningful.
(Win32, VMS, S<RISC OS>)
Or do I have to do the whole $^O thing? Or some other approach?
(And does anyone know how to search for "-l" in google?)
--
Dave's first rule of Opera:
If something needs saying, say it: don't warble it.
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