On Tue, Sep 05, 2006 at 08:02:23PM -0400, Scott Plumlee wrote:
> Mark Zimmerman wrote:
> >On Tue, Sep 05, 2006 at 04:27:42PM -0400, Scott Plumlee wrote:
> >>The FAQ seems to reference UTC (at least in section 8), which would
> >>translate at Universal Time, Coordinated, from what I understand. Are
> >>these two the same?
> >>
> >
> >Yes, UTC is Coordinated Universal Time. The acronym is a compromise
> >between english and french.
> >
>
> I appreciate all the answers, both on and off list. Wikipedia was the
> first place I looked, so I understand the UTC is the official US
> abbreviation of Universal Coordinated Time. But I still don't see a
> reason why, if UTC==UCT, there are two files when it would seem that a
> link would remove the need for two separate files.
>
> # pwd
> /usr/share/zoneinfo/Etc
> # ls -lai UCT
> 87585 -r--r--r-- 2 root bin 56 Mar 2 2006 UCT
> # ls -lai UTC
> 87589 -r--r--r-- 6 root bin 56 Mar 2 2006 UTC
>
> So one has 6 links, one has 2 links. My guess is that somewhere in the
> system, there are other files that need both of these, perhaps for
> historical reasons. That's what I'm trying to figure out, but I don't
> know if there is a simple method for finding the files that reference a
> particular inode.
>
> Anyway, back to the original questions, if UTC==UCT, what is the reason
> the a symbolic link from UCT to UTC would not work?
>
> Please pardon the stupidity if the answer is blatantly obvious. Clue
> stick received with a smile, at least the first hundred times.
A quick (binary) diff will tell you that the only difference is the
name, apparently. This might be because of some standard... or just
being neat.
Anyway, I can't see a real downside to this.
Joachim
