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doug@xdos.UUCP (Doug Merritt) writes:
>>Lehtinen Pertti: Unix doesn't allow you make hard links to directories.
>>Peter da Silva: But it does.
>>Ronald Minnich: The last version of Unix that allowed you to was long ago.
>>Fred Fish: <Example of how to link a dir>
>>David Donley: On HP-UX systems you have to be superuser to link directories.
>
>There seems to be a lot of confusion on the subject, so let's straighten
>this out.
>	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.
>	   Off the cuff opinions about things you know nothing about
>	   are no substitute for precise reasoning about design tradeoffs.
>	   Links have both good and bad points; it reflects much better
>	   on a poster if he shows he has knowledge of those tradeoffs, not
>	   just uninformed opinions.
>
>-Doug-
>-- 
>Doug Merritt		{pyramid,apple}!xdos!doug
>Member, Crusaders for a Better Tomorrow		Professional Wildeyed Visionary

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...

It reflects better on a poster if he doesn't make uninformed statments about
other poster's abilities/knowledge/expierience...  Lighten up, buddy.

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