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The app provides various subcommands, which can also be invoked based on its name. Symlinks are used to expose the subcommands as regular app names. My rewordin

The app provides various subcommands, which can also be invoked based on its name. Symlinks are used to expose the subcommands as regular app names. My rewording/simplification of the description

ggm 1y ago
Symlinks or hardlinks.
- skeledrew 1y ago
  Just going by what's in the parent quote.
- knome 1y ago
  I've generally seen symlinks, but it wouldn't really matter. It's just checking argument 0, the program name, and branching off that.