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On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 12:26:53 +0000, Hagen Soengen wrote: |
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> > I wonder where the differences are. I would've expected that test and |
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> > [ were hardlinks. |
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> # /usr/bin/[ |
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> /usr/bin/[: missing ']' |
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> # /usr/bin/test |
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> <no output> |
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> # |
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> You see? They cant be the same, because the closing "]" is needed |
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> by /usr/bin[ and not by /usr/bin/test |
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It's quite common for a program to change its behaviour according to the |
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name used to run it. For example, zcat and gunzip are links to gzip, yet |
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the three programs behave differently. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Stupid user error. Terminate user (Y/n) ? |
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