Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2000 18:34:07 +0100 From: Daniel Bye <Daniel.Bye@uk.uu.net> To: 'Mark Hummel' <mhumm@ispchannel.com>, 'Peter Ulrich Kruppa' <root@pukruppa.de> Cc: FSD <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Can't get into /sys directory ?? Message-ID: <FB7CAC781DB6D311BEE800805FE6FADA2F4C77@camexch4.cam.uk.internal>
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What Uli means is that the sources are not always installed in /usr/src. You can choose not to install them. What happens if you do ls /usr/src? Remember that the target of a symlink doesn't have to exist - it is just a pointer to another location on your disk. If the target doesn't exist, then you won't be able to cd to either the real target, or to the symlink. If you still get "No such file or directory" in response to ls /usr/src, you need to install the system sources distribution. /stand/sysinstall will get you there. If, otoh, /usr/src exists and has files in it, something weird is happening... :o) Dan > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Hummel [mailto:mhumm@ispchannel.com] > Sent: Monday, October 09, 2000 6:26 PM > To: Peter Ulrich Kruppa > Cc: FSD > Subject: Re: Can't get into /sys directory ?? > > > Uli, > > I don't understand what you mean "...installing the sources, > before I enter > them." Take a look at your / directory. In it, you will find a > subdirectory called sys. If you long list (ll) the root > directory (/), > you'll see that sys is actually a symbolic link to > /usr/src/sys. I also > assume that you have no problem getting into it with a cd > command, but I > can't! > > Mark > > Peter Ulrich Kruppa wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > On Mon, 9 Oct 2000, Mark Hummel wrote: > > > > > By default, when I installed FBSD 4.0, I found a symlink > called /sys. > > > The actual link, as I'm sure everyone knows, is /usr/src/sys. My > > > challenge is getting into the sys directory. Everytime I > try (either > > > using the symlink or directly) I get the standard > "directory does not > > > exist" error message. > > I never tried that, but don't you have to install the > sources before you > > enter them? > > > > Uli. > > > > > ============================================================== > ========= > > > > www.pukruppa.de www.2000d.de > > > > > ============================================================== > ========= > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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