Or, err, maybe not. As I understand it, you could already get symlinks with Microsoft Services For Unix, and the use of junctions and hardlinks could also be used to create similar effects.

Linux systems know how to work with symlinks and simply do the right thing. Similarly, if you use commands like cat, more, head or tail, you’ll be looking at the content of the referenced file.

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