On Mon, 2004-03-15 at 23:02, Felix Sheldon wrote: > Ken Foskey wrote: > >I have a configure problem for OOo. /usr/bin/ant is a link to > >/usr/share/ant/bin/ant. I need to find the ultimate source for that > >link so that the ANT_HOME directory is set correctly. > > > >Is there an easy cross platform way to do that? > > > That should only happen on UNIX shouldn't it? > It is actually possible to implement something similar to a symlink in windows with a piece of registry magic. This is taken from http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/111/
"A hidden feature in the Windows registry allows you to create program aliases. Allowing you to create, for example, an alias called JBLOGGS.EXE that when executed actually runs another program, e.g. NOTEPAD.EXE" Rarely used, but might be nice to know about. -Piers. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
