Maybe you should simplify to:
#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
symlink('ab', "foo") || die $!;
If that doesn't work try it after changing
'symlink'
to
'link'
Printing your $target gives a space and this symbol:
https://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/2640/index.htm
I am on Strawberry Perl, so I can't really
help debug this.
Mike
On 9/7/2019 3:25 PM, Jorge Almeida wrote:
Sorry about the title, it's the best I can do...
#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
my $num=12;
my $target=pack('n', $num);
symlink($target, "foo") || die $!;
It dies with "No such file or directory"
No symlink is created. What I want is a symlink named "foo" pointing
to a 2-byte string. Yes, it would be a broken symlink. (Yes, this is
how I want it).
Symlink() can create broken links, the problem is the target. What to
do? (And why doesn't it work?)
TIA
Jorge Almeida
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