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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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