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From: allbery@NCoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: System 7.0 & Aliases
Message-ID: <1989Sep3.213024.2407@NCoast.ORG>
Date: 3 Sep 89 21:30:24 GMT
References: <3948@internal.Apple.COM> <561@pyuxf.UUCP>
Reply-To: allbery@ncoast.UUCP (Brandon S. Allbery)
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Organization: North Coast Public Access UN*X, Cleveland, OH
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As quoted from <561@pyuxf.UUCP> by asg@pyuxf.UUCP (alan geller):
+---------------
| OK, OK, OK.  So far I've read dozens of complaints about Apple implementing
| file aliases using 'file ids'.  Many of the complaints have mentioned how
| terrible this is, especially compared to what Unix does.
| 
| WHAT DO YOU THINK AN INODE IS, PEOPLE?!?!?!?!?!
+---------------

Alan, you've been confused by a mistake in terminaology.  These folks who
claim to be talking about "Unix" aren't -- they're talking about Berklix, and
(in particular) about a certain kluge known as a "symbolic link".

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++Brandon
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