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From: ado@elsie.UUCP (Arthur David Olson)
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re: In sh, is '[' a portable synonym for 'test'?
Message-ID: <5242@elsie.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 17-Oct-85 10:55:40 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct 17 10:55:40 1985
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Summary: A reason not to make the link

> Any good reason *NOT* to make the link?

If you want your software to be portable to sites where the administrators
refuse to make the link (for *whatever* reason), don't make the link on your
own site.
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