.exe magic reloaded

[Al]

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

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