Perhaps we need to use the expression "&c" when we mean et cetera, since the Unix directory etc is a confusion factor. I know (think) you pronounce etc as "etsee" but what is it supposed to mean? --doug At 12:35 11/26/2001 -0800, Jim Cunning wrote:
On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, Ben Rosenberg wrote:
- Erik Jakobsen (erik@urbakken.dk) [011126 11:55]: ->Hi. -> ->What does this mean: -> ->ln -s ../ ../etc ??.
ln = link
-s = softlink (shortcut of sorts)
I may be wrong, but I think he might have been asking a deeper question. I had to test this to be certain what actually happens.
ln -s ../ ../etc creates a softlink called "etc" in the directory above the current one. The link points to the directory above the link itself, e.g.,
Dir A -- | Dir B -- etc --> ..// | Dir C
If Dir C is your current directory, then "ln -s ../ ../etc" will create "etc" in Dir B, pointing to Dir A. FYI, "ln -s .. ../etc" does the same thing, even though the link looks slightly different (../).
Jim Cunning
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