Hard Links between UNIX Utility Programs

[Steve Scherf]

In article <184 at chip.UUCP> mparker at chip.UUCP (M. D. Parker) writes:
>I have noticed the tendency for some programs in UNIX to have hard links.
>The program operation is then determined by the name it was invoked by.
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>I'd like to request that in future releases, this short-cut be eliminated.

It's not exactly a short-cut. It saves disk space, and this can be crucial
sometimes.

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