03-31-2010
Some things can be done using the Windows command line. But as soon as you need tools like sed, grep, awk, sensible error code handling, ... you're pretty much out of luck.
Just present your boss with a simple calculation: the costs of you rewriting all your scripts to VBscript (or something else), including training, work hours, over time, ... versus the cost of an additional machine running Linux versus the MKS license.
And if they're still not convinced it's worth it (after all, they're moving from an server OS to an desktop OS): install
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SYMLINK(3) 1 SYMLINK(3)
symlink - Creates a symbolic link
SYNOPSIS
bool symlink (string $target, string $link)
DESCRIPTION
symlink(3) creates a symbolic link to the existing $target with the specified name $link.
PARAMETERS
o $target
- Target of the link.
o $link
- The link name.
RETURN VALUES
Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.
CHANGELOG
+--------+---------------------------------------------------+
|Version | |
| | |
| | Description |
| | |
+--------+---------------------------------------------------+
| 5.3.0 | |
| | |
| | This function is now available on Windows plat- |
| | forms (Vista, Server 2008 or greater). |
| | |
+--------+---------------------------------------------------+
EXAMPLES
Example #1
Create a symbolic link
<?php
$target = 'uploads.php';
$link = 'uploads';
symlink($target, $link);
echo readlink($link);
?>
NOTES
Note
Windows users should note that this function will only work if the system you run PHP from is Windows Vista/Windows Server 2008 or
newer. Windows versions prior to that do not support symbolic links.
SEE ALSO
link(3), readlink(3), linkinfo(3).
PHP Documentation Group SYMLINK(3)