Date: Sat, 8 May 1999 01:33:14 -0400 (EDT) From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> To: DAcash18@vt.edu (David Abdemoulaie) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linking directories Message-ID: <199905080533.BAA20597@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> In-Reply-To: <3733B63F.F9D72C59@vt.edu> from David Abdemoulaie at "May 7, 99 11:57:51 pm"
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David Abdemoulaie wrote,
> How do I make a link to a directory? I have tried using ln but it only
> seems to be able to link files
The ln(1) manpage,
"Hard links may not normally refer to directories and may not span
file systems."
Use a symbolic link, that is, use the -s flag.
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