I think you have put a space as follows ../ [space] ../etc/init.d/vmware /usr/sbin/rcvmware. I cannot be certain, but I do not think that space is in Vokler Kuhlmann's text. I think that the link will be created if you remove the space.
Of course you are right Geoff. Thanks again.
Personally, I cannot see any need to use the form you quote and nor can I see any advantage that might flow from using it provided that vmware is in /etc/init.d. I do not use SuSE 7.3 and my vmware executable is not in that directory, so I cannot experiment. If I saw that kind of example in a text book I would assume that the ".../ ../" had been included to show that there might be direcories above /etc that might need to be taken into account, but that does not seem to be the explanation here. I am not an expert, however, and I would be very interested to know if any of the shell gurus on the list can explain why the command is expressed as it is.
The reason should be a missing link given problems when running vmware-config.pl.
Yes, I understand why a symlink is needed. What I do not understand is why (if the executable vmware is in /etc/init.d/), the syntax you quote is used, rather than the simpler :
ln -s /etc/init.d/vmware /usr/sbin/rcvmware
Yes quite right. But now I can carry on a step again :-)
Regards,
Geoff
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