Comment 9 for bug 617885

On 09/15/2010 07:06 AM, Jan Claeys wrote:
> $ ls -l /usr/bin/gksudo
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 2010-03-19 10:02 /usr/bin/gksudo -> gksu*
>
> So, gksu & gksudo are the same application... ;)
>
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> I won't be surprised if this were related to e.g. bug #609447 and maybe
> other threading bugs for applications that use GObject.
>
>
Yes but they can behave in different ways (and they do).

Example script:

# apple.sh
#!/bin/bash
echo "Eat more $(basename $0)s to stay fit!"
exit 0

Run it and you get

"Eat more apples to stay fit"

Copy or (sym)link it as pear.sh (or donut.sh...?) and the output would
be different

$0.02