On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 11:28:14PM -0600, Callum Lerwick wrote: > > But not symlinks, symlinks is just a semi-useful trick that some > > file systems support. I doubt that a basic unix system requires > > them. > > Actually, soft links are pretty vital to the functioning of an average > Linux system. Take a look in /lib or /usr/lib, they're heavily used in > shared library versioning. Sure, you could make a system that gets by > without them, but a standard distribution wouldn't work without them. Yes, I figured I was off base on this. I guess it is used in a number of places that seem to make sense: /dev/mouse -> /dev/psaux /var/log -> /tmp/log (on an embedded system) I'm not sure I appreciate the beauty of all the symlinks in /lib or /usr/lib. _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list