This is running PHIVE on Windows 10. If I run an update command it works as expected but if I then use purge, it is deleted the updated files and the link file (eg phpstan.bat) is left referencing the updated file.

D:\Development\Tools>phive update
Phive 0.15.0 - Copyright (C) 2015-2022 by Arne Blankerts, Sebastian Heuer and Contributors
Downloading https://github.com/composer/composer/releases/download/2.3.0-RC2/composer.phar
Downloading https://github.com/composer/composer/releases/download/2.3.0-RC2/composer.phar.asc
Linking C:\Users\Neil.phive\phars/composer-2.3.0-RC2.phar to D:\Development\Tools\PHIVE\tools/composer.bat
Downloading https://github.com/phpstan/phpstan/releases/download/1.5.0/phpstan.phar
Downloading https://github.com/phpstan/phpstan/releases/download/1.5.0/phpstan.phar.asc
Linking C:\Users\Neil.phive\phars/phpstan-1.5.0.phar to D:\Development\Tools\PHIVE\tools/phpstan.bat
Linking C:\Users\Neil.phive\phars/psalm-5.0.0-alpha1.phar to D:\Development\Tools\PHIVE\tools/psalm.bat
Downloading https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/PHP-CS-Fixer/releases/download/v3.8.0/php-cs-fixer.phar
Downloading https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/PHP-CS-Fixer/releases/download/v3.8.0/php-cs-fixer.phar.asc
Linking C:\Users\Neil.phive\phars/php-cs-fixer-3.8.0.phar to D:\Development\Tools\PHIVE\tools/php-cs-fixer.bat
Downloading https://api.github.com/repos/phpdocumentor/phpdocumentor2/releases
Linking C:\Users\Neil.phive\phars/phpdocumentor-3.3.1-rc.phar to D:\Development\Tools\PHIVE\tools/phpDocumentor.bat

D:\Development\Tools>phive status
Phive 0.15.0 - Copyright (C) 2015-2022 by Arne Blankerts, Sebastian Heuer and Contributors
PHARs configured in project:

Alias/URL Version Constraint Installed Location Key Ids

composer ^2.2.7 2.3.0-RC2 D:\Development\Tools\PHIVE\tools\composer CBB3D576F2A0946F
phpstan ^1.4.9 1.5.0 D:\Development\Tools\PHIVE\tools\phpstan CF1A108D0E7AE720
psalm ^5.0.0-alpha1 5.0.0-alpha1 D:\Development\Tools\PHIVE\tools\psalm 12CE0F1D262429A5
php-cs-fixer ^3.7.0 3.8.0 D:\Development\Tools\PHIVE\tools\php-cs-fixer E82B2FB314E9906E
phpdocumentor ^3.3.1-rc 3.3.1-rc D:\Development\Tools\PHIVE\tools\phpDocumentor 67F861C3D889C656

D:\Development\Tools>phive purge
Phive 0.15.0 - Copyright (C) 2015-2022 by Arne Blankerts, Sebastian Heuer and Contributors
Phar composer 2.3.0-RC2 has been deleted.
Phar phpstan 1.5.0 has been deleted.
Phar php-cs-fixer 3.8.0 has been deleted.

D:\Development\Tools>phive status
Phive 0.15.0 - Copyright (C) 2015-2022 by Arne Blankerts, Sebastian Heuer and Contributors
PHARs configured in project:

Alias/URL Version Constraint Installed Location Key Ids

composer ^2.2.7 2.3.0-RC2 D:\Development\Tools\PHIVE\tools\composer CBB3D576F2A0946F
phpstan ^1.4.9 1.5.0 D:\Development\Tools\PHIVE\tools\phpstan CF1A108D0E7AE720
psalm ^5.0.0-alpha1 5.0.0-alpha1 D:\Development\Tools\PHIVE\tools\psalm 12CE0F1D262429A5
php-cs-fixer ^3.7.0 3.8.0 D:\Development\Tools\PHIVE\tools\php-cs-fixer E82B2FB314E9906E
phpdocumentor ^3.3.1-rc 3.3.1-rc D:\Development\Tools\PHIVE\tools\phpDocumentor 67F861C3D889C656

Directory of C:\Users\Neil.phive\phars

11/03/2022 08:24 2,362,452 composer-2.2.7.phar
11/03/2022 10:37 2,599,316 php-cs-fixer-3.7.0.phar
25/03/2022 09:03 22,933,961 phpdocumentor-3.3.1-rc.phar
11/03/2022 08:28 20,575,053 phpstan-1.4.9.phar
11/03/2022 10:27 11,837,792 psalm-5.0.0-alpha1.phar