Re: Hard Links between UNIX Utility Programs

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From: Steve Scherf
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 1988 18:23

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In article <184@chip.UUCP> mparker@chip.UUCP (M. D. Parker) writes:
>I have noticed the tendency for some programs in UNIX to have hard links.
>The program operation is then determined by the name it was invoked by.
...
>I'd like to request that in future releases, this short-cut be eliminated.

It's not exactly a short-cut. It saves disk space, and this can be crucial
sometimes.

Steve Scherf	...!ucbvax!sun!altos86		...!ucbvax!ucscc!ssyx!barsoom
						barsoom@ssyx.ucsc.edu
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Don't blame Altos for any stupidity printed above.

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From: steve@altos86.UUCP (Steve Scherf)
Newsgroups: comp.bugs.4bsd,comp.bugs.misc,comp.bugs.sys5
Subject: Re: Hard Links between UNIX Utility Programs
Keywords: unix links bsd sysv sys5
Message-ID: <490@altos86.UUCP>
Date: 28 Jul 88 18:23:25 GMT
References: <184@chip.UUCP>
Reply-To: steve@altos86.UUCP (Steve Scherf)
Organization: Altos Computer Systems, San Jose, CA
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