On Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:24:23 -0500, Jerry Hill wrote: > On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 2:11 PM, HoneyMonster > <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? > > It's not two files, it's a hardlink. You can confirm by running ls -li > python* and comparing the inode numbers.
You are spot on. Thank you, and sorry for my stupidity. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
