On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 11:11 AM, Colin Higwell <someone@someplace.invalid> wrote: > $ cd /usr/bin > $ ls -l python* > -rwxr-xr-x 2 root root 9496 Oct 27 02:42 python > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 Oct 29 19:34 python2 -> python > -rwxr-xr-x 2 root root 9496 Oct 27 02:42 python2.7 > $ diff -s python python2.7 > Files python and python2.7 are identical > $ > > I'm just curious: Why two identical files rather than a symlink?
Depends on your distro / installation method: $ ls -l python* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Apr 12 2011 python -> python2.6 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2288272 Dec 27 2010 python2.6 $ # this is on my Debian server Cheers, Chris -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
