From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 8248 invoked by alias); 26 Sep 2014 15:03:09 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@zsh.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes List-Id: Zsh Users List List-Post: List-Help: X-Seq: 19167 Received: (qmail 22302 invoked from network); 26 Sep 2014 15:03:07 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ucsc.edu; s=ucsc-google; h=content-type:mime-version:subject:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to; bh=OohoivLz3wRj7byWvsJ2AYrWbidOvgEP7FQ2MNTGYNE=; b=G+Nwk6GxPiu68leHTIhb/tesyHYTWs1D7bcA9CJeT2OyAM773h2d6u72De/FJKpym7 /XcbK/IWIGXKZgkpt2kp4dPVpJbW5DOm6mRCyY1xDNZXYYwvqddkbxDgo6GetmWKSOzx isNft5WfflnUymzXfcDqZI7ZYojIQl0jvdFMc= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:content-type:mime-version:subject:from :in-reply-to:date:cc:content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references :to; bh=OohoivLz3wRj7byWvsJ2AYrWbidOvgEP7FQ2MNTGYNE=; b=S+X3G9yFJo/ECmktEZhSA4mBfBdx5Jd4yZ/fS0gDgQYi95Rlgp1WvP/zCRk+6EaakV gZLrYG8HRxfE3CNM7O34ruakp7raQS35g0g/kPggfwxw9BA4LzM/abylSCtxyz95R5gZ Cz2PBJ9m+YJOIODhloh16+VID5rXKffwYsMVl6QaJTdjEk4ZjqBVjAwKqfbW0AkS0Kyr SE4b/hOh8h8RFOaFxdgTqWqfu5rPzi7joLk3l+MlfHv0qLU2kpP7TZ49/pIC4/6yyD8s o/RAb6MGr3KqKASwOuEKvqXt9dDH+gBBRda1+K8U+8R0NTfmlgkrI4XZiWYGEI9Ht9Pu q4iQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQlGP+VBWEaQSrDRQQDa+JCUljjTj2qxfw5zT4Spo7B+ktJBfpU8vTuWKgP/6af5RF0UJ3dI X-Received: by 10.224.75.73 with SMTP id x9mr30198460qaj.63.1411743780428; Fri, 26 Sep 2014 08:03:00 -0700 (PDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 7.3 \(1878.6\)) Subject: Re: Hardlinks (was: Re: Does the bash bug have a zsh counterpart?) From: "William G. Scott" In-Reply-To: <5424FDD2.5010907@recommind.com> Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 08:02:56 -0700 Cc: zsh-users@zsh.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <1B204EC0-006C-47D9-80F3-007562954A8D@ucsc.edu> <20140925174131.2575e3af@pwslap01u.europe.root.pri> <30A8659B-9D25-4A83-BCA6-829A25FCA89D@ucsc.edu> <5424FDD2.5010907@recommind.com> To: Dirk Heinrichs X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1878.6) On Sep 25, 2014, at 10:46 PM, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > Am 25.09.2014 um 18:53 schrieb William G. Scott: >=20 >> (About 10 years ago I found a hard link to a then nonexistent ksh = behaved properly whereas a symbolic link for whatever reason didn=92t). >=20 > A hardlink is nothing more than another name for the same file. When = ksh was deleted, =85 ksh wasn=92t deleted. This was before Apple provided ksh, and I needed = ksh to run some ancient shell-scripts. I found for some reason if I created a symbolic link from zsh to (the = previously non-existent) ksh, the behavior differed from that resulting = from hard linking or copying the binary to ksh. This was at least 10 years ago, fwiw. William G. Scott http://scottlab.ucsc.edu/~wgscott=