Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 18:41:02 -0500 From: ringlord@bbs.dcoisp.net To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: the ln command confusion. Message-ID: <TCPSMTP.17.11.12.-14.41.2.3047923923.4875@bbs.dcoisp.net>
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Hello all. I have just tried to complete a task to which I am a bit new to. I am running the RealAudio server version 5.0 on my freebsd 2.2.5-release box. In the configuration file, the basepath for content for the realserver is /usr/local/pnserver/content. I have a user with a home directory of /home/twc-online with subdirectories of /realaudio and /realvideo. I figured that creating a symbolic link from /usr/local/pnserver/content to /home/twc-online would be the most apropros thing to do in this instance. that way, if someone wanted to retrieve a realvideo file off the server, all the twc-online user would have to do would be to upload the file in either the realaudio or realvideo directory, and it would also be in /usr/local/pnserver/content/realaudio or /usr/local/pnserver/content/realvideo. Then, supposing someone wanted to retrieve a realvideo from the server called, video.rm, they would need only type: pnm://twcmedia.dcoisp.net/realvideo/video.rm and the file should begin to play. Well, this is not the case. I receive an "error 14, file not found!" I am able to logon to the twcmedia.dcoisp.net server and cd to the /usr/local/pnserver/content directory. Sure enough, the realaudio and realvideo directories are there, along with some files in each subdirectory. When I do an ls -l from within /usr/local/pnserver the content directory shows as L rather than D. My understanding is that L stands for link, and it should in fact be that. Am I correct, or am I missing something? >From reading the man ln page, this was the understanding I got out of it. Thanks for any insight. I am in a bit of a pinch. :) Jeremy
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