Xref: utzoo comp.unix.shell:926 comp.unix.internals:1066 comp.unix.programmer:525 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken!uunet!auspex!guy From: guy@auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris) Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell,comp.unix.internals,comp.unix.programmer Subject: Re: Alias to change path on the fly - ALTERNATIVE Message-ID: <4433@auspex.auspex.com> Date: 18 Nov 90 02:58:46 GMT References: <1990Nov11.193202.6051@midway.uchicago.edu> <3231@unisoft.UUCP> Followup-To: comp.unix.shell Organization: Auspex Systems, Santa Clara Lines: 20 >Symlinks *not PORTABLE*???? No, symlinks *aren't* portable, at least not to all UNIX systems widely used today. >on a SUN? Yes, they are supported on all flavors of SunOS (dunno about the original Unisoft V7 for the Sun, but only people trying to be perverse would call that SunOS), so the person who originally asked the question could use them assuming they'd use them only on the Suns to which they referred or on other systems whose OS supported them. >You must be kidding. Even SVR4 supports symlinks these days. Sure does, but S5R3 as it comes from AT&T doesn't, and there are lots of systems running S5R3 systems that haven't had symlink support added. In other words, symlinks aren't portable to all UNIX systems widely used today. This may change in the future.