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> >I downloaded "ln.exe" from v2gnu, as suggested, to be used with 'ch'.
> >Still,
> >the same result, not working.  I was suggested to do a copy which defeats
> >the purpose of a soft link.  Not happy with this.
> The symlink has changed between 2.03 and 2.04. Have a read of the 2.04
> readme for more details, but in essence 2.03 -> 204 symlink fail,
> 2.04->2.03 symlink okay.
>
> I suggest you upgrade all of the rest of the programs and try again.
>
> Andrew

I downloaded the DJGPP package with V2GNU and still have problems, my
results:

F:\djgpp>ls -lF /
total 3
drwxr-xr-x   15 dosuser  root          448 May 12 10:07 ch/
drwxr-xr-x   16 dosuser  root          704 May 13 11:03 djgpp/
drwxr-xr-x   12 dosuser  root          480 May 12 08:07 mks/
drwxr-xr-x    2 dosuser  root            0 May 13 11:01 tmp/
drwxr-xr-x    5 dosuser  root           96 Apr  5 12:08 win/

F:\djgpp>ls -lF
total 108
-rw-r--r--    1 dosuser  root        19674 Apr 30 21:05 00_index.txt
drwxr-xr-x    2 dosuser  root          128 May 13 09:50 FAQ/
drwxr-xr-x    2 dosuser  root         3008 May 13 10:13 bin/
drwxr-xr-x    3 dosuser  root           32 May 13 09:54 contrib/
-rw-r--r--    1 dosuser  root        17982 Nov  1  1995 copying
-rw-r--r--    1 dosuser  root         2084 Jun  3  1999 copying.dj
-rw-r--r--    1 dosuser  root         2084 May 13 09:12 copying.dj.txt
-rw-r--r--    1 dosuser  root        25265 Nov  1  1995 copying.lib
-rw-r--r--    1 dosuser  root         3592 Mar  2  2002 djgpp.env
drwxr-xr-x    3 dosuser  root           32 May 13 09:54 doc/
drwxr-xr-x    9 dosuser  root          224 May 13 10:13 gnu/
drwxr-xr-x    9 dosuser  root          256 May 13 10:14 gnudocs/
-rwxr-xr-x    1 dosuser  root           58 May 13 10:45 go_djgpp.bat*
drwxr-xr-x    9 dosuser  root         2144 May 13 09:50 include/
drwxr-xr-x    2 dosuser  root         1632 May 13 10:13 info/
drwxr-xr-x    3 dosuser  root           32 May 13 09:51 lang/
drwxr-xr-x    4 dosuser  root          384 May 13 09:50 lib/
drwxr-xr-x    5 dosuser  root           96 May 13 09:54 man/
drwxr-xr-x    2 dosuser  root         1504 May 13 10:14 manifest/
-rw-r--r--    1 dosuser  root        22141 Mar  5  2002 readme.1st
drwxr-xr-x    9 dosuser  root          256 May 13 09:54 rsxntdj/
drwxr-xr-x    5 dosuser  root           96 May 13 09:54 share/
drwxr-xr-x    2 dosuser  root            0 May 13 11:11 tmp/

F:\djgpp>ln -s f:/tmp tmp
ln: creating symbolic link `tmp/tmp' to `f:/tmp': Improper link (EXDEV)

F:\djgpp>ls -l bin/ln.exe
-rwxr-xr-x    1 dosuser  root       118272 Aug 31  2003 bin/ln.exe

Any ideas?

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MikeF

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