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| From | HoneyMonster <someone@someplace.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Subject | Re: Just curious: why is /usr/bin/python not a symlink? |
| Date | 2012-02-23 19:34 +0000 |
| Organization | albasani.net |
| Message-ID | <ji64bd$52f$3@news.albasani.net> (permalink) |
| References | <ji630k$52f$1@news.albasani.net> <mailman.84.1330025066.3037.python-list@python.org> |
On Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:24:23 -0500, Jerry Hill wrote: > On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 2:11 PM, HoneyMonster > <someone@someplace.invalid> wrote: >> $ cd /usr/bin $ ls -l python* >> -rwxr-xr-x 2 root root 9496 Oct 27 02:42 python lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root >> 6 Oct 29 19:34 python2 -> python -rwxr-xr-x 2 root root 9496 Oct 27 >> 02:42 python2.7 $ diff -s python python2.7 Files python and python2.7 >> are identical $ >> >> I'm just curious: Why two identical files rather than a symlink? > > It's not two files, it's a hardlink. You can confirm by running ls -li > python* and comparing the inode numbers. You are spot on. Thank you, and sorry for my stupidity.
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Just curious: why is /usr/bin/python not a symlink? HoneyMonster <someone@someplace.invalid> - 2012-02-23 19:11 +0000
Re: Just curious: why is /usr/bin/python not a symlink? Colin Higwell <colinh@somewhere.invalid> - 2012-02-23 19:15 +0000
Re: Just curious: why is /usr/bin/python not a symlink? Jerry Hill <malaclypse2@gmail.com> - 2012-02-23 14:24 -0500
Re: Just curious: why is /usr/bin/python not a symlink? HoneyMonster <someone@someplace.invalid> - 2012-02-23 19:34 +0000
Re: Just curious: why is /usr/bin/python not a symlink? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-02-23 16:11 -0500
Re: Just curious: why is /usr/bin/python not a symlink? John Roth <johnroth1@gmail.com> - 2012-02-24 09:22 -0800
Re: Just curious: why is /usr/bin/python not a symlink? Jerry Hill <malaclypse2@gmail.com> - 2012-02-23 14:54 -0500
Re: Just curious: why is /usr/bin/python not a symlink? Thomas Rachel <nutznetz-0c1b6768-bfa9-48d5-a470-7603bd3aa915@spamschutz.glglgl.de> - 2012-02-24 08:47 +0100
Re: Just curious: why is /usr/bin/python not a symlink? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2012-02-24 08:17 -0500
Re: Just curious: why is /usr/bin/python not a symlink? Chris Rebert <clp2@rebertia.com> - 2012-02-23 11:26 -0800
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