From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 2 23:46: 4 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from axl.noc.iafrica.com (axl.noc.iafrica.com [196.31.1.175]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7066B14F10 for ; Tue, 2 Nov 1999 23:45:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sheldonh@axl.noc.iafrica.com) Received: from sheldonh (helo=axl.noc.iafrica.com) by axl.noc.iafrica.com with local-esmtp (Exim 3.040 #1) id 11iv5h-0003yu-00; Wed, 03 Nov 1999 09:44:21 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: ROBERT BECKETT Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Soft link /var to /usr/var In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 02 Nov 1999 17:12:11 PST." <3CCB23D4024CD311913700E018C10281B897@MAILSERVER> Date: Wed, 03 Nov 1999 09:44:21 +0200 Message-ID: <15307.941615061@axl.noc.iafrica.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 02 Nov 1999 17:12:11 PST, ROBERT BECKETT wrote: > I am completely new to unix and have come up against a problem. On p. 87 of > Lahey's user manual that came with my ver. 3.2 of FreeBSD, he recommends > creating a directory /usr/var and soft-linking it to the original file, > /var. That means doing this: mv /var /usr ln -s /usr/var /var You probably did this: ln -s /usr/var /var Since /var already existed, the ln command created a symlink to /usr/var in the existing /var directory. Remove the /var/var symlink and use the instructions listed above. :-) Later, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message