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From: chris@nrcvax.UUCP (Chris Grevstad)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: /usr a misnomer? (was File Syst
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Date: Sat, 21-Mar-87 20:11:37 EST
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mwm%violet.Berkeley.EDU@BERKE (No one lives forever.) says:
>	# rm -rf /usr/tmp
>	# ln -s /tmp /usr/tmp
>

Which prompts the question:  what is the performance hit for translating the
symbolic link?  Many beginning system managers think they can mv /tmp to the
/usr file system and then make a symbolic link.  It can be done, but then they
read in net.unix-wizards (pardon me, comp.unix.wizards) that this really hurts
some programs.  Is this a real concern?  Will your compiles REALLY slow down?
What's the straight scoop on name/link translation?  (This is all assuming
4.xBSD).


-- 
	Chris Grevstad
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	Too many notes.  There are just simply too many notes.