Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 12:32:51 +0200 From: Heikki Paatela <paatela@st.jyu.fi> To: David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.com> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: M$ one-ups UNIX??? Message-ID: <20000302123251.B23719@silmu.st.jyu.fi> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96.1000301225919.16032B-100000@shell-1.enteract.com>; from David Scheidt on Wed, Mar 01, 2000 at 11:00:50PM -0600 References: <20000302014342.B327@marder-1> <Pine.NEB.3.96.1000301225919.16032B-100000@shell-1.enteract.com>
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On Wed, Mar 01, 2000 at 11:00:50PM -0600, David Scheidt wrote:
> 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.
Seems that man-page from 2.1.7.1-RELEASE still says:
"HISTORY
A ln command appeared in Version 6 AT&T UNIX."
but 2.2.1 says:
"HISTORY
A ln command appeared in Version 1 AT&T UNIX."
NetBSD man-pages still say that it appeared in Version 6 - so I am wondering
which one is correct?
--
Heikki Paatela
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