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From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Symbolic links and RFS
Message-ID: <10300@smoke.BRL.MIL>
Date: 21 May 89 03:05:03 GMT
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Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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You don't have to be using a network file system to have symbolic
links point at different files depending on context.  Even on
traditional UNIX, changing the mount configuration can affect the
target of a symbolic link.  As I've said before, I think symbolic
links were an unsuccessful experiment; a better solution is needed.