sys1@anl-mcs.arpa (Systems Programmer) (03/24/88)
In UNIX-WIZARDS Digest V4#186 Stephen J. Friedl (friedl@vsi.uucp) writes: From: "Stephen J. Friedl" <friedl@vsi.uucp> Subject: Re: [braindamaged?] use of access(2) -- long note Date: 15 Mar 88 05:55:09 GMT Keywords: access(2), permissions, setuid/setgid To: unix-wizards@SEM.BRL.MIL In article <305@wsccs.UUCP>, terry@wsccs.UUCP (terry) writes: > Obviously, you have not heard of the link function, > which allows you to link a file to another file. Saying thinks like "obviously you have not heard of xxx" only irritates people, especially when they have indeed heard of it as I have. Surely you can find a more constructive/pleasant way of offering your $.02. I fully agree. In fact, one of the primary reasons I so rarely participate in the UWD conversations is that, while the majority of persons posting items *do* maintain cordiality (or at least civility :-D ), there is an unfortunately large minority who are apparently not thusly encumbered :-< and who thereby reduce the usefulness of the Digest. My continuing thanks go out to all those on the net to whom the former rather than the latter applies because they have done so much to further my education. Scott Bennett Systems Programming Northern Illinois University DeKalb, Illinois 60115 ****************************************************************************** * * * uucp: {decvax,ihnp4,ucbvax}!anlams!niuvax!sys1 * * BITNET: A01SJB1@NIU * * * *++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++* * * * "I place economy among the first and most important virtues, and public * * debt as the greatest of dangers to be feared. To preserve our indepen- * * dence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. If we run * * into such debts, we must be taxed in our meat and drink, in our necessi- * * ties and in our comforts, in our labor and in our amusements. If we can * * prevent the government from wasting the labor of the people, under the * * pretense of caring for them, they will be happy." * * --Thomas Jefferson * * * ******************************************************************************