Re: symlink, scp:// and filepath slashes

Scott Henry Harrison wrote:

> I am noticing that symlink and PREFIX=scp:// are not
> working together (A-A-P version 1.057). 
> 
> For example,
> WEBDIR=usr/local/www/data
> :symlink $(WEBDIR)/welcome.html $(WEBDIR)/index.html 
> 
> :symlink "usr/local/www/data/welcome.html" "usr/local/www/data/index.html" 
> failed: [Errno 2] No such file or directory 

I don't see "scp://" or $PREFIX being used there.  Anyway, Aap cannot
make a symbolic link over scp://.  It is only supported for local files.
One exception is "rsync://", although the default setting is to copy the
file a link points to, not the link itself.  You can define $RSYNC to
change that.  But then it still only works for :copy, not for :symlink.

> Also, filepath slashing seems a little unintelligent
> (but maybe that's just me :) ): 
> 
> WEBDIR=usr/local/www/data
> :symlink $(WEBDIR)welcome.html $(WEBDIR)index.html 
> 
> :symlink "usr/local/www/datawelcome.html" "usr/local/www/dataindex.html" 
> failed: [Errno 2] No such file or directory 

You have to take care of slashes yourself in this situation.  Aap sees
only strings, it doesn't know that these are file names until the
arguments are used.  Compare that with a shell script.

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