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Old 04-06-2006, 05:27 AM   #1
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/usr/spool and /var/spool

The directory trees under /usr/spool and /var/spool seem to be the same thing but not shown as softlinks. Are they?
 
Old 04-06-2006, 06:57 AM   #2
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They are mostly likely used for different things, on the system and user levels.
 
  


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