Symbolic links question - (nf)
Steven M. Kramer
smk at axiom.UUCP
Fri Jun 29 05:39:21 AEST 1984
The noticeable difference between symbolic and hard links is that
you (as a user) can link directories with symbolic links. Then,
doing pwd shows the REAL directory pathname and cd .. moves you
up the real tree. I like to think of a symbolic link as a
cliff or divingboard where it plops you into a pit (another
directory) and you can't get out the same way but must climb up the
long grade (a cd ..).
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--steve kramer
{allegra,genrad,ihnp4,utzoo,philabs,uw-beaver}!linus!axiom!smk (UUCP)
linus!axiom!smk at mitre-bedford (MIL)
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