On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 12:26:53 +0000, Hagen Soengen wrote: > > I wonder where the differences are. I would've expected that test and > > [ were hardlinks. > > # /usr/bin/[ > /usr/bin/[: missing ']' > # /usr/bin/test > <no output> > # > > You see? They cant be the same, because the closing "]" is needed > by /usr/bin[ and not by /usr/bin/test
It's quite common for a program to change its behaviour according to the name used to run it. For example, zcat and gunzip are links to gzip, yet the three programs behave differently. -- Neil Bothwick Stupid user error. Terminate user (Y/n) ?
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