On 12/02/2004, at 17:29 (GMT), David P, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>hmm. if sudo is a program type command, and has
>no normal uses (ie. not actually used by OS X for
>anything, why not delete it?
It is used by the system.
Every time you apply an OS upgrade or security update, the Apple installer will
utilise mostly Perl scripts to apply them. A whole slew of commands are needed for
this to happen.
And besides, it's considered rather counter-productive (not to say bad form) to go
deleting parts of the OS that you figure are not needed [1]
Regards,
Phil.
[1] An elderly lady rang Apple Help once and complained that her computer no longer
worked. After much troubleshooting over the 'phone, it transpired that she had trashed
the Finder. She said believed she no longer needed it because she knew where
everything was :-)
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