Re: links

[Ryoga no baka <barrows oswego oswego edu>]

On Wed, 11 Feb 1998, chuck by default wrote:

> i'd just like to say please *do not* make users use .lnk or .kdelnk or
> .glnk or whatever files for links/aliases/whatever you'd like to call
> them. ln -s is *much* nicer, happier, etc. Make a dnd front end to it,
> whatever, but... ln -s is your friend :)
> 
> -chuck

It's great for linking files, it's more efficient for that sort of
thing...  But for storing parameters used to execute a program and such,
the .*lnk file is a very efficient way of doing it.  I'd think both should
be available, with the .*lnk files being used for setting up apps and the
symbolic links being used for what they've always been good for - linking.

ja ne,

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