[H-GEN] Some information

[Jason Parker]

> > Anyone care to enlighten me as to what is the recommended process for
> > command direction. Is it more efficient to use say an alias or a
> > symbolic link?

> An alias allows you to specify options to a command, whereas a symlink
> does not.  Hence, if you don't need options, a symlink will suffice, while

*clears throat*  /Well/, if you have the source to this program lying
about[1] then you can just modify it to check argv[0] and modify
behaviour appropriately, of course...

Just a quick 2 (sorry *5*[2]) cents worth.

Jason Parker
ph330812 at student.uq.edu.au

[1] : What do you *mean* you have no source?  Surely there is a
      freeware option, right?  Right?  :)

[2] : I keep forgetting that Mr. Keating got rid of those...

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