On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 9:02 AM, Erik Christiansen <[email protected]> wrote: > > One out of 3, I suspect, if it is assumed to be easier. :-) > > Neither method duplicates files, so there is no saving to be had there. > And the symbolic link creates a _larger_ file than the groff redirection > (.so): > > $ ln -s /usr/share/man/man1/gawk.1.gz ~/fred > > $ ls -l ~/fred > lrwxrwxrwx 1 erik erik 29 2012-12-10 00:44 /home/erik/fred \ > -> /usr/share/man/man1/gawk.1.gz > > $ ll /usr/share/man/man1/fred.1 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 19 2012-12-09 23:54 /usr/share/man/man1/fred.1 > > The symlink is about 50% larger, so we're going backwards fast with this > "saving". ;-) > > Erik
Ah, never mind. I didn't look close enough at your command line. I thought you were just copying the .gz file to another location. That's what I get by firing up the fingers while there's still too much blood in my caffeine stream. ;-) Mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LogMeIn Rescue: Anywhere, Anytime Remote support for IT. Free Trial Remotely access PCs and mobile devices and provide instant support Improve your efficiency, and focus on delivering more value-add services Discover what IT Professionals Know. Rescue delivers http://p.sf.net/sfu/logmein_12329d2d _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
