long story short. -rwxr-xr-x 6 root root 66812 Jan 27 2001 /usr/bin/host -rwxr-xr-x 6 root root 66812 Jan 27 2001 /usr/bin/aaaa
Well, doesn't the 6 indicate there are 4 more surprises to come, like 'bbbb' .... but I still wouldn't know how to de-reference what else points to the same I-node ? ... except touching one and making a global find for that exact mtime (pretty goofy) ..................... Horst On Sat, 6 Apr 2002, Larry Price wrote: > On Sat, 6 Apr 2002, Jacob Meuser wrote: > > > On Sat, Apr 06, 2002 at 02:16:26AM -0800, Larry Price wrote: > > > > > > which suggests to me that /usr/bin/aaaa is for looking up ipv6 addresses > > > but why the duplication? why not a link? > > > > > > > Does aaaa work the same when called by a different name? > > > no > > $ ln /usr/bin/aaaa chunk > $ ./chunk efn.org > efn.org A 206.163.176.5 > > so when called as something other than aaaa it acts as host normally > would. Ah, I see, hard links are not explicitly listed as such by > ls -l > > oops. > /me turns pinkish with embarassment > > > -- > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > http://www.efn.org/~laprice ( Community, Cooperation, Consensus > http://www.opn.org ( Openness to serendipity, make mistakes > http://www.efn.org/~laprice/poems ( but learn from them.(carpe fructus ludi) >
