A symbolic link is an alternate name to another file or directory. Kind of like an alias to a PDS member.
On Wed, Aug 18, 2021 at 3:31 PM Tom Brennan <[email protected]> wrote: > > I don't know. Even in Windows such a method might require the full path > in the supplied shortcuts, which would be a problem. Another method > would be for IBM to provide a script that builds the shortcuts, and of > course that could be different code depending on the platform. > > Thanks but no thanks for your symlinks. I only use them when necessary > in Linux and basically have little idea how they work. ln -s is about > all I ever do, and even with that I get the source/target names > backwards almost every time. > > On 8/18/2021 11:10 AM, Paul Gilmartin wrote: > > On Wed, 18 Aug 2021 10:09:49 -0700, Tom Brennan wrote: > >> ... > >> Maybe IBM could include such alias links in their big zip file, and save > >> us from having to make updates to our scripts every time their html > >> index format changes - i.e. every time :) > >> > > Portabilit? Would your proposed .zip work in?: > > UNIX: symlinks > > MacOS: Aliases (but symlinks worl) > > Windows: Shortcuts (but Cygwin has symlinks. > > Does Windows Explorer understand Cytwin > > symlinks? My script works in MacOS and > > Linux. I'd expect Cygwin and z/OS UNIX. > > Win 10 might be better.) > > > > > > I could send you mine. > > > > -- gil > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
