uucp cleanup script (SysVr4.0)

[Bernd Felsche]

In <1991May25.003224.5804 at eci386.uucp> woods at eci386.uucp (Greg A. Woods) writes:

>DOWN WITH EXCESSIVE SYMBOLIC LINKS!  They are a poor hack, and they
>cause way too much confusion....  They should only be used when it is
>*ABSOLUTELY* necessary to have a reference to file on a different
>filesystem, or *ABSOLUTELY* necessary to have multiple locations/names
>for a directory.  K.I.S.S.!

o= o= o= o= o=

Symbolic links are essential because System V.4 was designed by a
committee. Obviously, nobody could agree, and everybody wanted things
in a "familiar" place. Now we're faced with circular references and
obfuscated pathnames.

One giant leap sideways for mankind.

Version 7 is probably an improvement in many ways.

-= -= -= -= -=

It would have been _far_ better to document the location of
everything, and to keep it in a consistent place.

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