Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!NISC.SRI.COM!cwilson From: cwilson@NISC.SRI.COM (Chan Wilson) Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions Subject: ln question Message-ID: <13085@fs2.NISC.SRI.COM> Date: 11 Feb 90 14:47:15 GMT References: <7419@tank.uchicago.edu> <1990Feb3.081741.23991@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Reply-To: cwilson@NISC.SRI.COM (Chan Wilson) Organization: Network Info Systems Ctr., SRI Intl., Menlo Park, CA. Lines: 14 question: Does 'ln'ing a file make multiple copies? Reason I ask is thus: After I ln a file, then do a ls on it, it doesn't show that it's a linked file (unless I do ln -s). Furthermore, it appears to be taking up the same amount of space. What's the right answer? --Chan ................ Chan Wilson -- cwilson@nisc.sri.com radius!cwilson@apple.com Janitor/Architect of comp.binaries.apple2 archive on wuarchive.wustl.edu I don't speak for SRI, someone else does. ................