From: "Ara.T.Howard" Date: 2005-10-07T02:17:18+09:00 Subject: Re: traits question On Thu, 6 Oct 2005, Sean O'Halpin wrote: >> neither. the link exists in the lib directory when i tar up the package. >> what does it unpack as then? > > Just the traits-0.7.0.rb file. > > The traits.rb link isn't visible in Winzip (which I and I guess most > Windows users will be using to unpack tars). Actually, it's pretty > smart of Winzip to know that softlinks won't work. > > tar.exe (from the UnixWin32 project on SourceForge) lists trait.rb but > fails when you try to extract it. (It attempts to do a hardlink but > fails). > > I reckon the best way to handle this on Windows would be to copy the > file (and overwrite anything there with the same name). I'd be chary > about using hard links - they are available but a foreign concept to > most Windows users. > > Regards, > > Sean can you try again (download again)? i tweaked the installer to make the copy for you so it should work on windows and unix. regards. -a -- =============================================================================== | email :: ara [dot] t [dot] howard [at] noaa [dot] gov | phone :: 303.497.6469 | Your life dwells amoung the causes of death | Like a lamp standing in a strong breeze. --Nagarjuna ===============================================================================