Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 23:00:50 -0600 (CST) From: David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.com> To: Mark Ovens <mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Cc: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, FreeBSD Chat <chat@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: M$ one-ups UNIX??? Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96.1000301225919.16032B-100000@shell-1.enteract.com> In-Reply-To: <20000302014342.B327@marder-1>
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On Thu, 2 Mar 2000, Mark Ovens wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 02, 2000 at 10:07:10AM +1030, Greg Lehey wrote:
> > Just saw this on a NetBSD list. It looks like a good idea. We should
> > make sure that they don't implement it before we do.
> >
>
> :) Greg, can you nail down the year that symlinks first appeared in Unix?
HISTORY
An ln command appeared in Version 1 AT&T UNIX. The simplified link
com-
mand conforms to Version 2 of the Single UNIX Specification.
So ln(1) is coming up on its thirtieth birthday. I don't remember when
symlinks came into the picture.
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