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From: ericb@athertn.Atherton.COM (Eric Black)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: toolpath wanted in workbench 1.4
Message-ID: <12350@mango.athertn.Atherton.COM>
Date: 6 Sep 89 20:28:19 GMT
References: <19465@gryphon.COM> <13842@super.ORG>
Reply-To: ericb@Atherton.COM (Eric Black)
Organization: Atherton Technology, Sunnyvale, CA
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Enough, already!

[for those who aren't aware of it, there is a difference between the
system call `link()', described in section 2 of the Unix Programmer's Manual,
and the `ln' command, described in section 1 of the manual.

The `ln' command "protects" users from themselves by not even calling the
`link()' system call if the target is a directory.

This is why Fred's example works, and why attempts to do it with `ln' don't.
Please stop the "Gee...it doesn't work on *my* Un*x box!" messages!

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