Actually, I believe the problem is related to the fact the NT doesn't support
symbolic links. Almost all the files in the ($JAVA_HOME)/bin directory are
symbolic links to .java_wrapper. The only two files that aren't symbolic links
are .java_wrapper and java-rmi.cgi (atleast on 1.2).
On Mon, 23 Aug 1999, Larry Gates wrote:
>
> >From: "Dimitris Terzis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 14:53:03 +0100
>
> >Hi guys...
> >
> >I have finally managed to install JDK1.1.7_v1a and JDK1.2... You won't
>
> >What happened is that, to download the tar files, I used an NT machine,
> >linked to my Linux PC via Samba. So far so good. But, being lazy in typing
> >"tar -xvf" under Linux, I used WinZip to un-tar and then copied the
> >extracted files into the Linux JDK directory (1.1.7 or 1.2, respectively)
> >directly. Well, I don't know why (please somebody explain), but with this
> >procedure I kinda "lost" files during the WinZip extraction!!! The jdk/bin
>
> kinda? If they weren't really lost, but corrupted, I've had the same
> "experience". If you don't set the "TAR LF to CR/LF Translation" to
> off within WinZip, any ascii files within your tar-file will be
> changed. The default is set to ON in WinZip (unfortunately).
>
> -Larry Gates
>
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