Monthly Archives: January 2012
What does dereference mean?
A symbolic link is a file that refers to another file (a target file) without pointing directly to the target file: It is a reference to the target file. To dereference a symbolic link means to follow the link to … Continue reading
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The local Builtin
You can use the local builtin only within a function. This builtin causes its arguments to be local to the function it is called from and its children. Without local, variables declared in a function are available to the shell … Continue reading