Date: Wed, 03 Nov 1999 09:44:21 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: ROBERT BECKETT <RBECKETT@edlerinc.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Soft link /var to /usr/var Message-ID: <15307.941615061@axl.noc.iafrica.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 02 Nov 1999 17:12:11 PST." <3CCB23D4024CD311913700E018C10281B897@MAILSERVER>
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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
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