Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 17:41:53 -0800 (PST)
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To: jeffw AT darwin DOT sfbr DOT org (Jeff T. Williams), eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il
From: Nate Eldredge <eldredge AT ap DOT net>
Subject: Re: true and false in bash scripts
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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At 08:39  3/10/1998 -0600, Jeff T. Williams wrote:
>Yes, I have done this now and it works nicely.  Thank you.  By the way
>I also discovered that I cannot include a path with `ln -s', for example
>
>	ln -s /djgpp/bin/bash.exe sh.exe
>
>results in
>
>C:/DJGPP/BIN/ln: cannot create symbolic link `sh.exe' to
>`/djgpp/bin/bash.exe': Improper link (EXDEV)
>
>Is this a bug or a feature?

Probably a feature. DJGPP's symlinks only work within the same directory.

Does this work?

cd \djgpp\bin
ln -s /djgpp/bin/bash.exe sh.exe

Nate Eldredge
eldredge AT ap DOT net