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Old 04-15-2009
Probably because the device is a NAS and thus a command-line listing isn't always possible/desired?
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Old 04-15-2009
All good points

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Originally Posted by ghostdog74
if using shell functions (ls, ln), might as well use a shell script. In Perl, the equivalent to hard link is link(). see perldoc -f link. For soft link, its symlink(). See perldoc -f symlink.
I am still somewhat of a n00b myself, so forgive the poor Perl. And I tend to default to perl, and rarely use shell scripts.
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