Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 12:58:07 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Chuck Youse <cyouse@cybersites.com> Cc: Marc Ramirez <mrami@gbtb.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: symlink question Message-ID: <376550BF.CF584A8@softweyr.com> References: <003001beb5f9$9b10b480$65e684ce@sloth.yousehouse.org>
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Chuck Youse wrote:
>
> Forgive my ignorance, but what exactly is meant by a "variant link", and
> what might one be used for?
A symlink that has a variable name embedded in it. It can be quite
useful at times; consider a symlink such as: /usr/local/bin/bash ->
/usr/local/{karch}/bin/bash, where {karch} can be automagically
expanded into i.e. i386-FreeBSD3.1 or sparc-NetBSD1.4 or hppa-hpux10.
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