From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: presotto@closedmind.org
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] mv vs cp
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Date: Tue,  9 Oct 2001 13:16:54 -0400
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On Tue Oct  9 12:35:49 EDT 2001, tb+usenet@becket.net wrote:
> 
> (One thing; please clear up my ignorance: sometimes a symlink is used
> for the benefit of all the users; where in a Plan 9 system do I put a
> "bind" such that it is the automatic default for all users in that
> way?)

That's what /lib/namespace is.  It represents a global namespace for
all users on a machine.  Of course, the user can then do whatever
he/she wants but serves as the default namespace.

/lib/namespace and your profile also represent persistence which is
another useful property you get from symlinks.