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On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 09:26:52 -0300, Mauro Faccenda wrote: |
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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 |
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> > the name used to run it. For example, zcat and gunzip are links to |
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> > gzip, yet the three programs behave differently. |
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> but this isn't the case: |
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I was disagreeing with the "cant be the same" comment. I know they are |
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different files, but the slightly different behaviour is insufficient |
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reason for that. Alexander asked why one was not a link to the other, I'd |
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like to know too, but this isn't the reason. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Top Oxymorons Number 47: Act naturally |
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