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From: davidsen@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP (William E. Davidsen Jr)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: symbolic links are a botch
Message-ID: <6529@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 29-Jun-87 13:23:30 EDT
Article-I.D.: steinmet.6529
Posted: Mon Jun 29 13:23:30 1987
Date-Received: Tue, 30-Jun-87 06:41:11 EDT
References: <2629@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com> <5962@brl-smoke.ARPA> <189@wrs.UUCP> <139@pnn.UUCP>
Reply-To: davidsen@kbsvax.steinmetz.UUCP (William E. Davidsen Jr)
Organization: General Electric CRD, Schenectady, NY
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In article <139@pnn.UUCP> elein@pnn.UUCP (Elein Mustain) writes:
>In article <189@wrs.UUCP>, geoff@wrs.UUCP (Geoff Espin) writes:
>> In article <679@nu3b2.UUCP> you write:
>> >
>> >What is a "symbolic" link?
>> >
>> >Robert.
... much flaming and flames of flaming deleted ...

>
>> [1] Here's to calling the kettle black, but I couldn't mail to nu3b2?
>We could do without this ancient racist cliche.
The original saying is "like the pot calling the kettle black". I don;t
see a lot racist here. The saying originated when cooking was done over
wood fires, and refers to a person with a bad habbit complaining about
the same bad habbit in someone else.

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