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From: allbery@ncoast.UUCP (Brandon Allbery)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Symbolic Links
Message-ID: <4518@ncoast.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 13-Sep-87 17:06:23 EDT
Article-I.D.: ncoast.4518
Posted: Sun Sep 13 17:06:23 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 16-Sep-87 06:22:26 EDT
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As quoted from <1128@bsu-cs.UUCP> by dhesi@bsu-cs.UUCP (Rahul Dhesi):
+---------------
| In article <4494@ncoast.UUCP> allbery@ncoast.UUCP (Brandon Allbery) writes:
| >Anyone for TOPS-10/TOPS/20/VMS "DEFINE"?  Logical names have been around for
| >a long time; that they aren't in UNIX may indicate that they aren't the
| >panacea you think.  (Anyone know for sure?  DMR?)
| 
| There are serious problems with logical names as implemented in these
| systems.  For example, if ABC:, EFG:, and XYZ: are logical names, VMS
| will not accept a string like "ABC:/EFG:/XYZ" or "ABC:EFG:XYZ:".
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I never said they had to have DEC's limitations; after all, this is UNIX.
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