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Old 01-16-2008, 11:21 AM
Tim Bradshaw
 
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Default Re: why does /etc have links to executables?

On 2007-03-18 09:41:19 +0000, unix_fan <tmellman@web.de> said:

> Why does solaris put links to lots of executables in /etc?


History. Lots of system administration type things used to live in
/etc in the BSD era and before. There are probably scripts that assume
they still do, and Sun don't want to break those things.

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