----- Original Message -----
From: "Jorge Goncalvez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 02:30
Subject: Re:symlinks
> Hi, I have made a symlink with the cygwin command ln -s and i wanted to
remove
> it by Perl code:
> I have this:
> $PROG2 = "C:\\cygwin\\bootp\\linux\\install ";
> if (-l $PROG2)
> {
>
> system "rm $PROG2";
>
> }
> else{
> print "popo";
> }
>
> The problem is that the symlink install it isn't removed althought it is
present
> with ls -l in the good directory?
> Why?
> I tested my rm command by hand and it works it seems -l not working.
> Thanks.
Have you tried Perl's unlink()?
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