The Great "Hard Return" Debate

[Steve Lamb]

Friday, November 05, 1999, 2:43:03 PM, Jay wrote:
> Gee Steve, you don't seem to understand that in Unix there is no such thing
> as a directory. A directory is a file, in fact, everything is a file.

    I am aware of that.  However, how is that particular file used?

cd /foo

> operating system itself does not distinguish between a file or a directory,
> case in point you can open a directory as a file.

    Tell grep that.  :P

> A Symbolic link is nothing more than a DUPLICATE of the FCB. If one uses the
> LN command to create a link in another "directory" it is a static copy of
> the FCB.

    Uhm, no.  A "symbolic" or soft link is a pointer to where the actual data
is contained.  A hard link is a copy.  That is why I said it wasn't a symbolic
link.  :P

> P.S. I am very disappointed in myself for not having the impulse control to
> avoid this entirely meaningless argument and apologize in advance to the
> others on the list for my lack of self control.

    Hey, it's an education.  ;)

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