I knew I was missing something. <br><br>Thanks<br>Dan<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 10:05 PM, Michael Tobis <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mtobis@gmail.com">mtobis@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">megatron:~ mt$ ls -l /etc<br>
lrwxr-xr-x@ 1 root admin 11 Feb 21 2008 /etc -> private/etc<br>
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iow /etc is linked to /private/etc . They are the same place.<br>
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This is a compromise for system robustness. Files under /private are<br>
invisible to Finder to prevent Muggles from noticing them and messing<br>
with things they're better off not knowing about.<br>
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More a Mac question than a Python one.<br>
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mt<br>
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