Hi Ben Calvert,

Ben Calvert wrote:
On Aug 28, 2008, at 1:36 PM, Stuart Henderson wrote:


I don't think they are links, they are real copies. I am checking this
with konqueror as su and it show clearly when the file is a link
or a real file.

That's not a good way to check. Try ls(1).


It's likely that he doesn't know the difference between a soft and hard link.

I'm very busy so I am not currently checking my threads, till next week t least.
But I have just accidentally read your (this) posting.

I am quickly learning more about soft and hard links, and there is a thread at kde-dev to create a patch for konqueror (+ kdedirstats + other KDE tools) to avoid confusing people when dealing with files hard linked to different folders (as crazily OpenBSD does in the /usr/ports/packages folder ), which happened to me causing an erroneously information about my system space getting eaten by "ghost" duplicated files.

mac - you need a basic unix book.  for now, read man ln

man ln on my night sleep table, as some unix pdf books I found online as
"Introduction to Unix" 1998 by Frank G. Fiamingo
and
"Unix for Dummies" - 2004 - Wiley Publishing

Any advice here?

Mac.

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