Can a symbolic link provide default arguments?
I'm playing around with the SoX, an audio conversion program. After installation I notice that it creates a symbolic link /usr/bin/play -> sox. I notice that I can play an audio file with play my_song.wav, but if I try sox my_song.wav I get an error about not having enough inputs specified.
I don't understand this behavior because I didn't think running a program through a symbolic link would be any different than running it through the target directly. What mechanism is allowing this difference in behavior?
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I'm playing around with the SoX, an audio conversion program. After installation I notice that it creates a symbolic link /usr/bin/play -> sox. I notice that I can play an audio file with play my_song.wav, but if I try sox my_song.wav I get an error about not having enough inputs specified.
I don't understand this behavior because I didn't think running a program through a symbolic link would be any different than running it through the target directly. What mechanism is allowing this difference in behavior?
symbolic-link
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I'm playing around with the SoX, an audio conversion program. After installation I notice that it creates a symbolic link /usr/bin/play -> sox. I notice that I can play an audio file with play my_song.wav, but if I try sox my_song.wav I get an error about not having enough inputs specified.
I don't understand this behavior because I didn't think running a program through a symbolic link would be any different than running it through the target directly. What mechanism is allowing this difference in behavior?
symbolic-link
asked 5 mins ago
rorororo
14727
I'm playing around with the SoX, an audio conversion program. After installation I notice that it creates a symbolic link /usr/bin/play -> sox. I notice that I can play an audio file with play my_song.wav, but if I try sox my_song.wav I get an error about not having enough inputs specified.
I don't understand this behavior because I didn't think running a program through a symbolic link would be any different than running it through the target directly. What mechanism is allowing this difference in behavior?
symbolic-link
symbolic-link
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asked 5 mins ago
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