> > (1) Can someone give me the proper syntax for making a symolic link
> >     for a command with options:  specifically, i need to link the
> >     expression vdir to 'ls -li' because the color-ls patch consolidates
> >     dir, vdir, and ls into one binary.  I tried ln -s 'ls -li' vdir,
> >     but did not get the desired effect.
> 
> Wouldn't it be easier to put an alias into /etc/profile?
If vdir should act like "ls -li" then there should be a

if (!strcpm(argv[0],"vdir")) {
  opt_l++; opt_i++
}

in the mein procedure, thats the usual way to handle special functions
depending on the program name. This is how ls works.

Greetings
Bernd
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