On Wednesday, October 27, 2004 12:37:52 -0400 Derrick J Brashear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Wed, 27 Oct 2004, Derek Atkins wrote:
Jim Rees <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
3. (Optional) Create a symbolic link to a shortened cell name, to reduce the length of pathnames for users in the local cell. For example, in the abc.com cell, /afs/abc is a link to /afs/abc.com.
That really needs to be removed from the documentation.
Why? It's extremely useful. I like using /afs/athena, /afs/dev, /afs/sipb
Which cell is /afs/cs?
Mine, obviously. :-) But that doesn't make tab-completion work for me.
Seriously, having short-name aliases in /afs is convenient for typing commands interactively, but such names should _never_ be used in any kind of reference that is expected to be portable. Don't use them in scripts, or programs, or symlinks, or email messages, or IM, or anyplace else where they might be used other than on your workstation the way it looks right now. Otherwise you _will_ regret it later.
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