On Wed, Feb 06, 2002 at 08:09:14AM -0800, Michael A Chase wrote: >----- 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()?
I wondered the same thing. I'd also suggest using cygwin paths with '/' and no c: rather than the above. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/