Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!bellcore!texbell!killer!rpp386!jfh From: jfh@rpp386.Dallas.TX.US (The Beach Bum) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: libraries Summary: Symlink directory library. Message-ID: <10485@rpp386.Dallas.TX.US> Date: 29 Dec 88 16:14:31 GMT References: <15080@mimsy.UUCP> <1278@nusdhub.UUCP> <15126@mimsy.UUCP> <445@thirdi.UUCP> Reply-To: jfh@rpp386.Dallas.TX.US (The Beach Bum) Organization: Big "D" Home for Wayward Hackers Lines: 17 In article <445@thirdi.UUCP> peter@thirdi.UUCP (Peter Rowell) writes: >What if a "library" was simply an editable file that contained the >names (possibly including *'s and such) of interesting .o files. >Additionally, there could be an optional SYMDEF file that had the >already-munched global symbol info in it. For systems with symlinks this reduces to a directory full of symbolic links. The `file' containing the names is the directory itself. Even without symbolic links, the only restriction is that the files remain in the same partition or disk. I'm holding out for a namei cache Chris' ld code ;-) -- John F. Haugh II +-Quote of the Week:------------------- VoiceNet: (214) 250-3311 Data: -6272 |"I don't stick my tongue out at just InterNet: jfh@rpp386.Dallas.TX.US | anybody, only you." -- Helena Wright UucpNet : !killer!rpp386!jfh +--------------------------------------