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skeledrew 11 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Toybox: All-in-one Linux command line

The app provides various subcommands, which can also be invoked based on its name. Symlinks are used to expose the subcommands as regular app names. My rewording/simplification of the description

ggm 11 months ago [–]

Symlinks or hardlinks.

knome 11 months ago | | [–]

I've generally seen symlinks, but it wouldn't really matter. It's just checking argument 0, the program name, and branching off that.

skeledrew 11 months ago | | [–]

Just going by what's in the parent quote.

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