Joerg Schilling writes:
> > In the 'schilly' universe, unadorned 'tar' is star.
> 
> I don't know what you understand by "unadorned 'tar'"...

It means "when the user types just 'tar' and relies on his $PATH to
find the right one" -- that is, unadorned by any explicit path.

> Star behaves differently when called "tar".

Yes, I know.  Which is why, if it were part of the system, it'd make
sense to have it appear as 'tar' in some directory.

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