man ln That describes how links are created command line, which gives a good overview of what a link is, the same applies to perl.
http://danconia.org ------------------------------------------------ On Tue, 26 Nov 2002 12:00:00 +0530, Ramprasad A Padmanabhan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > this is more of a unix question than perl. > > As far as I understand a symbolic link of a file is a simple shortcut > file ( you can take the analogy of lnk files on windows ). Whenever any > operation is done ( except some like 'rm' ) the kernel redirects the > request to the main file > > A link on the other hand is a copy of the file. But the files share the > same inode ( You better do some more google research for better info ) > > > > > Mystik Gotan wrote: > > What's the use of "symbolic links" (symlink() ) and usual, normal > > "links"(link())? > > > > I don't really understand. I know what it does, but I can only imagine > > 50% of what the use is for. Asking because, maybe, it's important ;-) > > > > (I haven't worked with it before and haven't seen any scripts working > > with it either). > > > > > > > > Regards, > > Bob Erinkveld > > (Webmaster Insane Hosts) > > www.insane-hosts.net > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > MSN Zoeken, voor duidelijke zoekresultaten! > > http://search.msn.nl/worldwide.asp > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
