29 Oct
2004
29 Oct
'04
9:07 a.m.
diatchki@cse.ogi.edu writes:
pwd /home/diatchki ln -s /usr/local test cd test/..
Now if test was not a link, this does nothing and I should still be in my home directory. However since 'test' is a link, I actually end up in /usr.
On Linux, there's no such difference, the example leaves me in my home directory. I believe Solaris has the behaviour you describe. -kzm -- If I haven't seen further, it is by standing in the footprints of giants