Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2003 22:04:31 -0400 From: Alden Louis-Pierre <alden.pierre@verizon.net> To: Nathan Grant <nateg@laundered.net> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question about the ln command Message-ID: <3F33052F.3040301@verizon.net> In-Reply-To: <021201c35d4d$cdb80500$4800000a@nougat> References: <021201c35d4d$cdb80500$4800000a@nougat>
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Nathan Grant wrote: >>Hello Everyone, >> >> I've just installed FreeBSD 4.8. I must say installing >>FreeBSD is >>fairly easy. I've manage to dual boot with Win2K and FreeBSD. >>I'm now in the process of trying to configuring my kernel and >>getting my >>ports directory up to date via cvsup. I've notice while >>reading the FreeBSD HandBook 2nd Edition p.178 it was >>suggested to copy >>the kernel file to the root directory. Configuring the kernel >>seems to be straight forward. The problem I have is the following: >> >>*cd /usr/src/sys/i386/conf >>mkdir /root/kernels >>cp GENERIC /root/kernels/MYKERNEL >>ln -s /root/kernels/MYKERNEL* >> >>I have a problem with the last command. From my understanding and >>reading through the man pages should it the *ln* command take in 3 >>paramaters >>(*ln [option] [source] [dest]*) ? Is it even possible to create a >>symbolic link with so few parameters? >> >> >> >Yes, it is. With source as the only argument to ln, it makes a link in >the current directory with the name of the source file. So, if your pwd >was /usr/src/sys/i386/conf and you committed the last command on that >list, it would create a link /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/MYKERNEL -> >/root/kernels/MYKERNEL >The destination argument is useful for overriding this behavior, but it >is not necessary. > >HTH, >Nathan Grant > > >>_______________________________________________ >>freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org mailing list >>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-newbies >>To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>"freebsd-newbies-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >> >> > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-newbies >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-newbies-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > Ok, so then why is when I do ls -la /root/kernels/ why does it MYKERNEL under the /root/kernels directory show it's pointer to /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/MYKERNEL? I know that /home is symbolic link to /usr/home and displays where it points to with /root/kernels/MYKERNEL, I don't see this. Am I being a little to analytical?
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