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Article #1182Re: Linking to Unix dirs (was Re: toolpath wanted in workbench 1.4)
From: Randell Jesup
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 1989 20:20
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 1989 20:20
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In article <19619@gryphon.COM> ddave@pnet02.gryphon.com (David Donley) writes:
>doug@xdos.UUCP (Doug Merritt) writes:
>> 5) Links are *not* "a slow substitute for aliases", unless you're
>> widening the definition of "alias" to include link-like objects,
>> in which case it's still a nonsensical statement.
>
>Links are indeed "a slow substiture for aliases". I know what links are.
>Hard links on the same volume have no practical use at all except to be
>aliases, maybe for UN*X people using sh (which still can't do aliases)
>Anyhow, I think soft links between volumes would be useful, but hard links
>- Nah...
Only from the command line. Remember both soft and hard links work
from programs as well. Aliases are entirely a concept of the shell, not of
the Unix system calls.
Oh, and both of you please lighten up, and stick to technical comments.
Thanks.
--
Randell Jesup, Keeper of AmigaDos, Commodore Engineering.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!oliveb!amiga!cbmvax!jesup From: jesup@cbmvax.UUCP (Randell Jesup) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: Linking to Unix dirs (was Re: toolpath wanted in workbench 1.4) Message-ID: <7864@cbmvax.UUCP> Date: 8 Sep 89 20:20:56 GMT References: <19619@gryphon.COM> Reply-To: jesup@cbmvax.UUCP (Randell Jesup) Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA Lines: 23