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From:
Zefram
Date:
March 26, 2014 13:09
Subject:
Re: -l on win32, VMS etc
Message ID:
20140326130855.GM18071@fysh.org
Dave Mitchell wrote:
>and I want to change it to
>
> chmod 0666, $file unless -l $file;
> unlink $file;
That wouldn't be correct: it still screws up on hard links. Long-standing
problem [perl #72028].
>I'm wondering whether I can rely on -l always being false on platforms
>that don't support symlinks?
Yes, you can.
-zefram
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