Symbolic link - Revision history

Larsbrinkhoff: Unlink this ITS, there is another.

2023-09-06T05:32:03Z

Unlink this ITS, there is another.

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	* The [[Multics]] paper "A General-Purpose File System For Secondary Storage" from 1965 describes symbolic links.		* The [[Multics]] paper "A General-Purpose File System For Secondary Storage" from 1965 describes symbolic links.
	* [[CTSS]] supposedly had links.		* [[CTSS]] supposedly had links.
	* [http://www.mit.edu/~cbf/thesis.htm Charles Frankston wrote in 1984]: "Until recently symbolic file system links seemed to be an MIT secret, being found only in [[Multics]] and two homegrown MIT systems: [[ITS]] for the [[PDP-10]] and [[MagicSix]] for [[Interdata_8/32\|Interdata/Perkin-Elmer 32 bit machines]]. However, symbolic links have been added to [[4.2 BSD\|release 4.2 of Berkeley Unix]]."		* [http://www.mit.edu/~cbf/thesis.htm Charles Frankston wrote in 1984]: "Until recently symbolic file system links seemed to be an MIT secret, being found only in [[Multics]] and two homegrown MIT systems: ITS for the [[PDP-10]] and [[MagicSix]] for [[Interdata_8/32\|Interdata/Perkin-Elmer 32 bit machines]]. However, symbolic links have been added to [[4.2 BSD\|release 4.2 of Berkeley Unix]]."

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Larsbrinkhoff: Unredirect ITS.

2023-09-06T05:31:21Z

Unredirect ITS.

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	==History==		==History==

	* [[ITS]] Reference Manual 1.5 from 1969 mentions links. 1.4 from 1968 doesn't.		* [[Incompatible Timesharing System\|ITS]] Reference Manual 1.5 from 1969 mentions links. 1.4 from 1968 doesn't.
	* The [[Multics]] paper "A General-Purpose File System For Secondary Storage" from 1965 describes symbolic links.		* The [[Multics]] paper "A General-Purpose File System For Secondary Storage" from 1965 describes symbolic links.
	* [[CTSS]] supposedly had links.		* [[CTSS]] supposedly had links.

Jnc: +cat

2018-12-16T00:18:00Z

+cat

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Larsbrinkhoff: /* History */ Information from CBF's Amber thesis.

2018-11-16T07:29:08Z

History: Information from CBF's Amber thesis.

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	* The [[Multics]] paper "A General-Purpose File System For Secondary Storage" from 1965 describes symbolic links.		* The [[Multics]] paper "A General-Purpose File System For Secondary Storage" from 1965 describes symbolic links.
	* [[CTSS]] supposedly had links.		* [[CTSS]] supposedly had links.
			* [http://www.mit.edu/~cbf/thesis.htm Charles Frankston wrote in 1984]: "Until recently symbolic file system links seemed to be an MIT secret, being found only in [[Multics]] and two homegrown MIT systems: [[ITS]] for the [[PDP-10]] and [[MagicSix]] for [[Interdata_8/32\|Interdata/Perkin-Elmer 32 bit machines]]. However, symbolic links have been added to [[4.2 BSD\|release 4.2 of Berkeley Unix]]."

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Jnc: Proper cat

2018-10-21T13:40:35Z

Proper cat

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	A '''symbolic link''' is a connection between one [[file]] name in a [[file system]] and another (the 'target'; which does not necessarily need to exist at the time the symbolic link is created), such that references to the first name wind up at the second.		A '''symbolic link''' is a connection between one [[file]] ''name'' in a [[file system]] and another (the 'target'; which does not necessarily need to exist at the time the symbolic link is created), such that references to the first name wind up at the second.

	They differ from [[hard link]]s in that if the target file is deleted, and replaced with a different file, references to the symbolic link will go to the new file.		They differ from [[hard link]]s in that if the target file is deleted, and replaced with a different file, references to the symbolic link will go to the new file.
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	* [[CTSS]] supposedly had links.		* [[CTSS]] supposedly had links.

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Jnc: Add some text

2018-05-25T11:42:37Z

Add some text

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	* ITS Reference Manual 1.5 from 1969 mentions links. 1.4 from 1968 doesn't.		A '''symbolic link''' is a connection between one [[file]] name in a [[file system]] and another (the 'target'; which does not necessarily need to exist at the time the symbolic link is created), such that references to the first name wind up at the second.
	* The Multics paper "A General-Purpose File System For Secondary Storage" from 1965 describes symbolic links.
	* CTSS supposedly had links.		They differ from [[hard link]]s in that if the target file is deleted, and replaced with a different file, references to the symbolic link will go to the new file.

			==History==

			* [[ITS]] Reference Manual 1.5 from 1969 mentions links. 1.4 from 1968 doesn't.
			* The [[Multics]] paper "A General-Purpose File System For Secondary Storage" from 1965 describes symbolic links.
			* [[CTSS]] supposedly had links.

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Jnc: Jnc moved page Symbolic links to Symbolic link without leaving a redirect: SIngular

2018-05-25T01:39:17Z

Jnc moved page Symbolic links to Symbolic link without leaving a redirect: SIngular

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Larsbrinkhoff: Wikisyntaxify.

2018-05-24T15:11:01Z

Wikisyntaxify.

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	- ITS Reference Manual 1.5 from 1969 mentions links. 1.4 from 1968 doesn't.		* ITS Reference Manual 1.5 from 1969 mentions links. 1.4 from 1968 doesn't.
	- The Multics paper "A General-Purpose File System For Secondary Storage" from 1965 describes symbolic links.		* The Multics paper "A General-Purpose File System For Secondary Storage" from 1965 describes symbolic links.
	- CTSS supposedly had links.		* CTSS supposedly had links.

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Larsbrinkhoff: Stub about symbolic links

2018-05-24T15:10:36Z

Stub about symbolic links

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- ITS Reference Manual 1.5 from 1969 mentions links. 1.4 from 1968 doesn't.
- The Multics paper "A General-Purpose File System For Secondary Storage" from 1965 describes symbolic links.
- CTSS supposedly had links.

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