Well on my hamm system they ARE the same file (hard link): bash-2.01$ ls -li /sbin/mke2fs 19716 -rwxr-xr-x 2 root root 17116 Jan 29 12:56 /sbin/mke2fs bash-2.01$ ls -li /sbin/mkfs.ext2 19716 -rwxr-xr-x 2 root root 17116 Jan 29 12:56 /sbin/mkfs.ext2
Bob Hilliard wrote: > > I have assumed that mkfs.ext2 and mke2fs were links to the same > file. Apparently they are not: > > bob:vc-3:bob>ls -il /sbin/mkfs.ext2 > 86256 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 17116 Jan 7 21:10 > /sbin/mkfs.ext2* > bob:vc-3:bob>ls -il /sbin/mke2fs > 86255 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 17116 Jan 7 21:10 /sbin/mke2fs* > > I believe they are the same file, and should have been installed > as links, either hard or symbolic. Is this a bug against e2fsprogs? > The mkfs.ext2 man page _is_ a symlink to the mke2fs man page. -- best, -bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] from a 1996 Micro$loth ad campaign: "The less you know about computers the more you want Micro$oft!" See! They do get some things right! -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .