NEWLINK

CI Commands Affected by Symbolic Links

Command

Follow

Notes

Name

Link

 

 

 

 

CHGROUP

No

None

 

 

 

DISKUSE

Yes/No

Link is resolv ed before the operation is performed. If a

 

 

symbolic link exists under the accoun t that link is not

 

 

resolved. Therefore dis k space usage of its target is not

 

 

included in the calculations.

 

 

 

LISTACCT

No

None

 

 

 

LISTFILE

No

Link is not resolved. Therefore, operation is performed on t

 

 

he name speci￿ed. LISTFILE formats 5 and 7 may be used

 

 

to determine the im mediate target of a sym bolic link.

 

 

 

LISTGROUP

No

None

 

 

 

NEWLINK

No

The LINK parameter may not name a sym bolic name. The

 

 

TO parameter is not c hecked at all.

 

 

 

PURGE

Yes

This behaves di￿erently than the UNIX rm command.

 

 

 

PURGEACCT

No/No

Link is not resolv ed. Therefore, operation is performed on

 

 

the speci￿ed name. If a sym bolic link exists under the

 

 

account, that link i s not resolv ed and its target is not

 

 

removed.

 

 

 

PURGEDIR

Yes/No

Link is resolv ed before the operation is performed. If a

 

 

symbolic link exists under the directory , that link is not

 

 

resolved before it i s remo ved. Therefore, its target is not

 

 

a￿ected.

 

 

 

PURGEGROUP

No/No

Link is not resolv ed. Therefore, operation is performed on

 

 

the speci￿ed name. If a sym bolic link exists under the

 

 

account that link i s not resolv ed and its target is not

 

 

removed.

 

 

 

2-164 MPE/iX Commands