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Re: Just curious: why is /usr/bin/python not a symlink?

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Subject	Re: Just curious: why is /usr/bin/python not a symlink?
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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.

-- 
Jerry

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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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