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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
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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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