On Monday 26 November 2001 21:24, Geoff wrote:
On Mon, 26 Nov 2001 20:53:49 +0100
Erik Jakobsen
wrote: Hi.
What does this mean:
ln -s ../ ../etc ??.
It is the command used to create a "symbolic link" - usually known as a "symlink" or "soft link".
Imagine that there is a file in Bill Gates' home directory called /home/billgates/linus and Bill wants to make that file available in another directory /ms/nemesis. He can use the command ln -s /home/billgates/linus /ms/nemesis. A listing of the directory /ms/nemesis will now show that it contains a file called linus. However the file has not been duplicated into the /ms/nemesis directory (thereby using up disk space). The linus entry is just a kind of pointer to the file /home/billgates/linus.
Thank you Geoff, but what does the ../ ../ means ??. Wouldn't it not be ok just to write: ln -s /etc/ whatever comes ?.
Geoff.
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