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symbollic links

Postby kosta » Thu Sep 20, 2001 3:09 am

i read somewhere a while ago how to create symbollic links through the terminal... but i've forgotten now.

can someone help me out?

thanks

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Re: symbollic links

Postby kslawson » Thu Sep 20, 2001 6:42 am

ln -s file1 file2

where file1 is the original file and file2 is the link you wish to create

ln file1 file2
is similar, except that it creates a hard link, which cannot cross filesystems...

when in doubt, use man... "man ln" will tell you all this and more.
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Re: symbollic links

Postby kosta » Thu Sep 20, 2001 3:41 pm

thanks kim!
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