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From: "Mark E." <snowball3 AT usa DOT net>
To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 12:51:33 -0500
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Subject: Re: symlink question
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> Even if x or x.exe don't exist, y.exe is still generated. Is this behavior
>  correct?
> 

Let me change question. Should this behavior continue to be 
supported? Autoconf generated configure scripts uses a non-existant 
file to check for 'ln -s' support. Since 'ln -s' works only in special 
circumstances, it might be a good idea allow symlink() or at least 'ln -s' 
to fail for non-existant files.

Mark

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