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From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: purpose of /stand ???
Date: 9 May 1996 20:26:49 +0100
Organization: Coverform Ltd.
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Mikhail Teterin (mi@aldan.algebra.com) wrote:
: Honorable Brian Somers
: wrote on 18 Apr (in article <4l46vg$ar@anorak.coverform.lan>):
: =These files are all linked to eachother. /stand is basically one big
: =executable with lots of names. It checks its name to determine how to
: =run. The idea is that a program capable of doing the job of 20 programs
: =is less in size than the sum of the individual program sizes. It also
: =has a rather big text segment that gets loaded once only (is this right?).
: =
: =As you already suspect, /stand stands for "standalone". These programs are
: =used at installation time.
: What are the pros and cons of using them regularly? Thanks!
: -mi
: --
: "Windows for dummies"
Pros: Save disk space by removing the 'real' versions
Cons: They are a bit skeletal - they don't support all of the options that the
real versions do.
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....