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From: vandys@hpisoa1.HP.COM (Andrew Valencia)
Newsgroups: comp.bugs.misc
Subject: Re: Hard Links between UNIX Utility Programs
Message-ID: <2540001@hpisoa1.HP.COM>
Date: 27 Jul 88 15:32:05 GMT
References: <184@chip.UUCP>
Organization: Hewlett Packard, Cupertino
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/ hpisoa1:comp.bugs.misc / mparker@chip.UUCP (M. D. Parker) / 10:50 am  Jul 26, 1988 /
>I have noticed the tendency for some programs in UNIX to have hard links.
>The program operation is then determined by the name it was invoked by.
>...
>I'd like to request that in future releases, this short-cut be eliminated.

    I really appreciate the savings in disk space they provide.  Your need
for selective access seems to be the special case, not the general one.  I'd
suggest you break the links and make copies yourself.  Or write a front-end
shell script and avoid the whole issue.

			Just my opinion, mind you!
			Andy Valencia