On 2009-08-16 22:36 +0200, Chris Bannister wrote: > I noticed that /sbin/reboot is a symbolic link to /sbin/halt. How does > the system "know" the difference?
The program notices how it is called and behaves accordingly. Programs written in C can get information about their name in argv[0]. Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org