Need BASH script help

[Scott Bicknell]

On Thursday 15 May 2008 6:27:08 am Joel Oliver wrote:
> > Actually, why do you have to use symbolic links?  If you use
> > a hard link then the file's data is accessible directly from
> > the filename -- no link traversal required.
> >
> > Just a thought, albeit a good one.  :-)
> >
> > Brad.
> >
> >  
>
> I thought it was a big no-no to use hard links....   Kinda
> like telnetting in as root, storing compressed reiserfs .img
> files on a reiser partition, using special characters [/<> in
> fileneames... I know all the above can be done but shouldn't
> for some reason or another...  I think I heard something about
> hard links are bad but ... I don't know why

Hard links are just a little more limited. You cannot use them if 
they point across file systems or if they point to a directory. 
They can be somewhat easier to overlook in file listings, also, 
but they are not bad. Otherwise, they would be more of a bug 
than a feature.
-- 
Scott