[m-dev.] proposed additions: file copying in stdlib and compiler

[Zoltan Somogyi]

On 2023-11-10 23:20 +11:00 AEDT, "Julien Fischer" <jfischer at opturion.com> wrote:
> Windows has "supported" symlinks since Vista; however until Windows 11
> you could only use them as an administrator, not in user mode (for some
> bloody reason).
> 
> The compiler already lets you select whether it will use symlinks
> or copy files using the --use-symlinks configuration option.
> (What's lacking is any support for sylinks in the standard library
> when on Windows.)

I presume this means that you want to

- implement symlink operations that work only on win11
- add a new pred that succeeds iff you are running on win11
- make the symlink ops return on error if you are on windows
  but not on win11
- have autoconf set --use-symlinks to "yes" on win11, but "no"
  on other versions of windows.

Have I got that right?

Zoltan.