Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 00:36:25 +0800 (WST) From: Dean Hollister <dean@odyssey.apana.org.au> To: Gary Landers <gary@tein.net> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Simple UNIX question Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980806003433.15625A-100000@odyssey.apana.org.au> In-Reply-To: <35C8871D.392D5FF6@tein.net>
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On Wed, 5 Aug 1998, Gary Landers wrote: > how do I create shortcuts or aliases or whatever it is called when a > file name in a directory listing refers to another file or location. > > a listing in /usr/local/bin show up like this > perl@ -> /usr/local/bin/perl5.00404 Just symlink them, ie, I did: In /usr/bin: bash# rm perl bash# ln -s /usr/local/bin/perl5.00404 perl And away you go. By default, FreeBSD puts in a real old version of Perl - heaps of stuff doesn't work - symlinking to perl 5 fixes alot of problems. A good example is innd wouldn't run, as it is very Perl 5 dependant. Regards, d. +-------------------------------------------------------+ | Dean Hollister, | dean@mushka.ml.org | | Perth, Western Australia. | dean@wa.apana.org.au | +-------------------------------------------------------+ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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