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> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> From: m-friedrichs AT hdlresearchlab DOT com
> Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 19:39:47 GMT
> 
> I have a program called ch professional, which launches from the command
> line under win2k, and uses djpgg "ln" to create soft links which doesn't
> work.

DJGPP's `ln' supports _hard_ links (it eulates them by copying), but
soft links are supported only for executable programs.

> The vendors manual says ln - S is implemented.  But does not work from the
> win2k command line(dos box).  I sent a support question about this problem
> to the vendors support line, who suggested, I go to this newsgroup to get an
> answer.

I don't know what is ch professional, and how and for what purposes it
uses `ln'.  Can you provide those details?

In general, symlinks are not supported on DOS/Windows systems.  Cygwin
has simulated symlinks, and DJGPP introduces that support in the
development code; you could get that from the alpha/beta directories
on the DJGPP site, if you really need that.