On Tuesday 27 November 2001 23:25, you wrote:
* Geoff [Tue, 27 Nov 2001 08:57:12 +0000]:
ln -s ../../etc/init.d/vmware /usr/sbin/rcvmware
This lets you start the vmware networking with rcvmware start/stop, like any other service.
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.
/etc/init.d/vmware is the unit script that starts vmware. /usr/sbin/rcvmware is a handy symlink to ease running init scripts from the command line. In SuSE Linux all init scripts have such convenience symlinks. So if for instance you'd like to change the list of directories your NFS server exports, just edit /etc/exports and then call 'rcnfsserver reload'.
Now to the way the symlink above is done: This creates a relative symlink. Remember that the relative path ../../etc/init.d/vmware does *not* get resolved to a absolute path but will be recorded verbatim in the symlink.
Thanks very much Philipp.
Philipp
-- Med venlig hilsen / Best regards / VY 73 de OZ4KK Erik Jakobsen - erik@urbakken.dk SuSE 7.3.