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On Wed, 3 Jan 2007, Dan Nelson wrote:

> In the last episode (Jan 03), doug@safeport.com said:
> > I have installed db43-4.3.29. The install sets up symlinks to the db
> > commands as:
> >
> >    /usr/local/bin/db_dump-4.3@ -> db43/db_dump
> >
> > As non of the symlinks work, it appears to me they should be set up as:
> >
> >    /usr/local/bin/db_dump-4.3@ -> /usr/local/bin/db43/db_dump
> >
> > Is this correct, or am I missing something?
>
> The command works for me.  What error are you getting?
>
> $ db_dump-4.3 -V
> Sleepycat Software: Berkeley DB 4.3.29: (September  6, 2005)
> $ which db_dump-4.3
> /usr/local/bin/db_dump-4.3
> $ ls -l /usr/local/bin/db_dump-4.3
> lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  12 Nov  8 10:55 /usr/local/bin/db_dump-4.3 -> db43/db_dump
> $

Dan, thanks for responding. I occasionally feel the need to embarrass myself.
Reading carefully/learning to type might also help. I guess I had to cut and
paste you command to see my error.

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