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From: guy@auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: What kind of things would you wnat in the GNU OS
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Date: 5 Jun 89 19:08:02 GMT
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Reply-To: guy@auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris)
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>symlinks: somewhat stupid in the first place, to me.  There are
>  already normal links.

Which don't work between file systems; if you're going to nuke symlinks
because you think normal links are enough, you'd better make normal
links work between file systems (yes, even if the file systems aren't on
the same machine).