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From: matt@oddjob.UChicago.EDU (Older than any person of lesser age)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: symbolic links are a botch
Message-ID: <3855@oddjob.UChicago.EDU>
Date: Sat, 27-Jun-87 21:22:13 EDT
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Posted: Sat Jun 27 21:22:13 1987
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Reply-To: matt@oddjob.uchicago.edu (Matt Crawford)
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I think everyone agrees that the question of the meaning of
symlink/.. is a user-interface question.  Therefore I claim that
any special interpretation should be placed in the shell.  For
myself, a csh user, I find that the following is just dandy:

	alias up cd \$cwd:h

Then I can use it:

	% cd /etc/yp
	/etc/yp ~
	% pwd
	/usr/etc/yp
	% up
	% pwd
	/etc

Hands off namei()!
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