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Article #1743Re: Alias to change path on the fly - ALTERNATIVE
From: The Grey Wolf
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 1990 01:13
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 1990 01:13
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In article <1990Nov11.193202.6051@midway.uchicago.edu> goer@quads.uchicago.edu (Richard L. Goerwitz) writes:
>In <PAUL.90Nov10154152@cheshire.ixi.uucp> paul@ixi.uucp (Paul Davey) writes:
>
>>As an alternative solution I'd use a symbolic link to the bin and
>>delete it and recreate it as required.
>
>Ln -s isn't portable, as I'm sure you know. Hmmm.
>
>-Richard
Symlinks *not PORTABLE*???? on a SUN? You must be kidding. Even SVR4
supports symlinks these days.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!ucsd!ucbvax!unisoft!greywolf From: greywolf@unisoft.UUCP (The Grey Wolf) Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell,comp.unix.internals,comp.unix.programmer Subject: Re: Alias to change path on the fly - ALTERNATIVE Message-ID: <3231@unisoft.UUCP> Date: 15 Nov 90 01:13:07 GMT References: <1990Nov8.014515.13882@cpsc.ucalgary.ca> <PAUL.90Nov10154152@cheshire.ixi.uucp> <1990Nov11.193202.6051@midway.uchicago.edu> Reply-To: greywolf@unisoft.UUCP (The Grey Wolf) Organization: Foo Bar and Grill Lines: 19