From owner-freebsd-questions Fri May 7 22:33: 3 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com (cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com [24.2.89.207]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F0751532F for ; Fri, 7 May 1999 22:33:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com) Received: (from cjc@localhost) by cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com (8.9.3/8.8.8) id BAA20597; Sat, 8 May 1999 01:33:14 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from cjc) From: "Crist J. Clark" Message-Id: <199905080533.BAA20597@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> Subject: Re: Linking directories In-Reply-To: <3733B63F.F9D72C59@vt.edu> from David Abdemoulaie at "May 7, 99 11:57:51 pm" To: DAcash18@vt.edu (David Abdemoulaie) Date: Sat, 8 May 1999 01:33:14 -0400 (EDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Reply-To: cjclark@home.com X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL40 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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. > -- > * David Abdemoulaie > * ICQ - 21360590 > * mailto:DAcash18@vt.edu > > (c)copyright 1998 by David Abdemoulaie. All rights reserved. David > Abdemoulaie's mail or email address or telephone number may NOT be > reproduced, > stored in a retrieval system, transmitted in any form by any means, > electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without > prior written permission. The copyright of this information gives the > owner, (David Abdemoulaie), legal recourse if someone sells or > distributes > this information without permission. (Death to junk email:) > > Virginia Computer Crimes Act (§ 8.01-40.1), Virginia Internet Policy Act > Unsolicited Bulk Email: > Those who facilitate the transmission of falsified e-mail by selling > and/or > distributing specially-designed "spam software" may be liable for > conspiracy to violate the Act and may be subject to both criminal and > civil > penalties... the Civic Relief provisions of the VCCA include (a) > statutory > damages of at least $500 per violation; and (b) recovery of reasonable > atto This .sig, including the original author's own line-wrap damage is a crime. Pot, kettle. Kettle, pot. -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message