Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 13:07:56 -0400 From: Roman Katsnelson <romank@graphnet.com> To: Gary Landers <gary@tein.net>, "q's" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Simple UNIX question Message-ID: <35C8916C.B87B5809@graphnet.com> References: <35C8871D.392D5FF6@tein.net>
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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
the command is ln (for link) -- you can create a hard link or a symbolic
link. a hard link will physically copy the file to be linked to to the
other location. a symbolic link will create a different file which will
only point to the original file.
to create a hard link called myfoo.la to /usr/local/bin/foo.la in your
current directory type:
ln /usr/local/bin/foo.la myfoo.la
to make it a symbolic link type:
ln -s /usr/local/bin/foo.la myfoo.la
Good luck,
man ln further info as always,
Roman
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