[Unix] A directory tree that contains many links to files in a master
directory tree of files. Link farms save space when one is
maintaining several nearly identical copies of the same source tree
-- for example, when the only difference is architecture-dependent
object files. "Let's freeze the source and then rebuild the FROBOZZ-3
and FROBOZZ-4 link farms." Link farms may also be used to get around
restrictions on the number of -I (include-file directory) arguments
on older C preprocessors. However, they can also get completely out
of hand, becoming the filesystem equivalent of {spaghetti code}. See
also {farm}.
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[Reference(s) to this entry by made by: {farm}{sandbox}]