It does not: > It does: > > $ cd tmp > $ mkdir dir1 dir2 > $ cp /bin/echo.exe dir1 > $ ln -s `pwd`/dir1/echo.exe dir2/echo > $ ls -l dir* > dir1: > total 52 > -rwxr-xr-x 1 corinna vinschen 49166 2010-09-06 10:59 echo.exe > > dir2: > total 1 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 corinna vinschen 31 2010-09-06 11:00 echo -> > /home/corinna/tmp/dir1/echo.exe > $ dir2/echo hello > hello > $ /home/corinna/tmp/dir2/echo hello > hello >
$ /home/corinna/tmp/dir2/echo.exe hello bash: /home/corinna/tmp/dir2/echo.exe: No such file or directory That's what Perls "Configure" does. Still the magic works only in the target directory, but not on the level of the symlink itself. Al -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
