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From: worley@compass.com (Dale Worley)
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Subject: #! on Ultrix
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Date: 16 Jul 90 16:20:54 GMT
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   X-Name: Randal Schwartz

   Thus, I presume you ran into the stupid stupid problem
   that I did... that symlinks in the command name are *expanded* *within*
   that 32-char limitation *only* under Ultrix!  Gack!

Gag me with a VAX!  How can the kernel handle symlinks correctly for
ordinary file opens and screw it up for #!s???

Dale Worley		Compass, Inc.			worley@compass.com
--
Cyberspace, in its present condition, has a lot in common with the 19th 
Century West. It is vast, unmapped, culturally and legally ambiguous, 
verbally terse (unless you happen to be a court stenographer), hard to get 
around in, and up for grabs. Large institutions already claim to own the 
place, but most of the actual natives are solitary and independent, 
sometimes to the point of sociopathy. It is, of course, a perfect breeding 
ground for both outlaws and new ideas about liberty.
-- John Perry Barlow