Xref: utzoo comp.unix.amiga:824 comp.bugs.sys5:1543 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!munnari.oz.au!uniwa!DIALix!metapro!bernie From: bernie@metapro.DIALix.oz.au (Bernd Felsche) Newsgroups: comp.unix.amiga,comp.bugs.sys5 Subject: Re: uucp cleanup script (SysVr4.0) Message-ID: <1991May27.090222.9635@metapro.DIALix.oz.au> Date: 27 May 91 09:02:22 GMT References: <104374@becker.UUCP> <1991May25.003224.5804@eci386.uucp> Organization: MetaPro Systems, Perth, Western Australia Lines: 29 In <1991May25.003224.5804@eci386.uucp> woods@eci386.uucp (Greg A. Woods) writes: >DOWN WITH EXCESSIVE SYMBOLIC LINKS! They are a poor hack, and they >cause way too much confusion.... They should only be used when it is >*ABSOLUTELY* necessary to have a reference to file on a different >filesystem, or *ABSOLUTELY* necessary to have multiple locations/names >for a directory. K.I.S.S.! o= o= o= o= o= Symbolic links are essential because System V.4 was designed by a committee. Obviously, nobody could agree, and everybody wanted things in a "familiar" place. Now we're faced with circular references and obfuscated pathnames. One giant leap sideways for mankind. Version 7 is probably an improvement in many ways. -= -= -= -= -= It would have been _far_ better to document the location of everything, and to keep it in a consistent place. -- Bernd Felsche, _--_|\ #include Metapro Systems, / sale \ Fax: +61 9 472 3337 328 Albany Highway, \_.--._/ Phone: +61 9 362 9355 Victoria Park, Western Australia v Email: bernie@metapro.DIALix.oz.au