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From: page%swap@Sun.COM (Bob Page)
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Subject: Re: filesystem links (was: yet another 1.4 request)
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Date: 27 Jun 89 01:57:58 GMT
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In addition to the uses for links I posted, there's one important one
I forgot.  When your disk partition is full and you *have* to get that
one last directory into FONTS: before your whizzy application will
work, you can put the new directory on another partition and provide a
link to it in the FONTS: directory.  Poof, instant disk space.

There are probably more uses I'm forgetting, but you might be getting
the idea that links can be useful.  In almost every case you can
provide workarounds but none are as quick or elegant as what you
achieve with links.

..bob