RE: [e-smith-devinfo] RE: Symbolic vs hard link (Was Re: [e-smith -devinfo] apcupsd)

2001-10-25 Thread Smith, Jeffery S \(Scott\)
> -Original Message- > From: Charlie Brady [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Perhaps this is why many developers do not write any > documentation for their programs :-) But, of course! The Programmer's Mantra: We have the source, so we don't need no stinkin' documentation! ;-) Scott -- Pl

RE: [e-smith-devinfo] RE: Symbolic vs hard link (Was Re: [e-smith-devinfo] apcupsd)

2001-10-25 Thread Charlie Brady
On Thu, 25 Oct 2001, Smith, Jeffery S (Scott) wrote: > > Too bad man pages can't be so helpful :) > > Too bad most man pages are written by developers -- the last people on earth > who should be writing documentation, at least for their own programs. Perhaps this is why many developers do not w

RE: [e-smith-devinfo] RE: Symbolic vs hard link (Was Re: [e-smith-devinfo] apcupsd)

2001-10-25 Thread Smith, Jeffery S \(Scott\)
> Too bad man pages can't be so helpful :) Too bad most man pages are written by developers -- the last people on earth who should be writing documentation, at least for their own programs. :-) -- Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security i

[e-smith-devinfo] RE: Symbolic vs hard link (Was Re: [e-smith-devinfo] apcupsd)

2001-10-25 Thread David Brown
Well, I guess I can consider myself less ignorant now. Too bad man pages can't be so helpful :) So, as it looks to me, there are very few instances where you would use "hard" links while doing system admin and the like. Thanks for the informative "lessons". David M. Brown Frick, Frick & Jetté A