Use the ln command.
There is nothing special about the binary itself, though as you say it checks
argc to see how it was invoked. But this is not necessary. You can create a
hard link to any binary with ln, as long as it is in the same file system. To
go across filesystems you must use the -s flag to create a soft link. See the
man page.
James Shanks
Tivoli (NetView for UNIX) L3 Support
"MENEZES, ALAIN" <alain.menezes@FORTISBANK.COM> on 09/13/99 05:46:10 AM
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To: NV-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU
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Subject: 1 file with 3 names
Hi all,
This is a UNIX question; I just noticed that the ovstart, ovstatus & ovstop
commands are in fact 1 file but that can be refered to with 3 different
names (I believe the binary tests the "$0" once it is executed). Can anyone
tell me how to create such binaries.
Thanks
Al
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