Re^2: How to create symlink using Perl?

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Re^3: How to create symlink using Perl? by Anonymous Monk on Oct 09, 2016 at 09:47 UTC
That is also why there is no Perl support for Unicode filenames in Windows. See Win32::Unicode, Win32::Hardlink, Win32::Symlink	[reply]
Re^4: How to create symlink using Perl? by freonpsandoz (Beadle) on Oct 09, 2016 at 20:43 UTC
Please test Win32::Symlink. I can't get it to work for files, only for directories. That is exactly the sort of crippled Unicode support under Windows that I see time after time. I don't see any general Perl Unicode support in the other few modules you mention. I don't see how to pass a Unicode path to any of the hundreds of Perl modules that haven't been designed for Unicode on Windows. For example, is there any way to pass a Unicode path to MP3::Tag->new? Hard links can only be created on the same volume as the target. They can't be used on a volume that the user doesn't have write access to, nor obviously on optical media, so they aren't a general solution.	[reply]
Re^5: How to create symlink using Perl? by Anonymous Monk on Oct 09, 2016 at 21:56 UTC
Please test Win32::Symlink. I can't get it to work for files, only for directories. That is exactly the sort of crippled Unicode support under Windows that I see time after time. :) no thanks As windows itself didn't support symlinks (junctions) to files for a long time ... I don't expect the old api to support it automagically because the newest windows is used Just use the new api, if it does what you're looking for, http://grep.cpan.me/?q=CreateSymbolicLink -> https://metacpan.org/pod/Win32::LongPath#symlinkL-OLDFILE-NEWFILE As you can see, its not hard to use new APIs I don't see any general Perl Unicode support in the other few modules you mention. I don't see how to pass a Unicode path to any of the hundreds of Perl modules that haven't been designed for Unicode on Windows. For example, is there any way to pass a Unicode path to MP3::Tag->new? Simplest way, use temporary ansi name for all modules... then move/rename to unicode file using Win32::Unicode You could arrange for global overrides ... but blah :D	[reply]
Re^3: How to create symlink using Perl? by Anonymous Monk on Oct 09, 2016 at 00:00 UTC
See http://crashcourse.housegordon.org/temp-directories.html for an example of a Perl devoper's attitude toward Windows. I see neither any "attitude" towards Windows nor any indication that "Assaf Gordon" is or was a Perl developer...?	[reply]
Re^4: How to create symlink using Perl? by freonpsandoz (Beadle) on Oct 09, 2016 at 20:48 UTC
Assaf has developed a few CPAN modules. I see an attitude in the phrase "(which we don’t care about, but still…)" but maybe that's just me.	[reply]