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Date:      Wed, 5 Aug 1998 11:03:39 -0700 (PDT)
From:      David Wolfskill <dhw@whistle.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, gary@tein.net
Subject:   Re: Simple UNIX question
Message-ID:  <199808051803.LAA18044@pau-amma.whistle.com>
In-Reply-To: <35C8871D.392D5FF6@tein.net>

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>Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 10:23:57 -0600
>From: Gary Landers <gary@tein.net>

>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

>If I could create the same thing in /usr/bin then several perl scripts
>wouldent have to be manualy edited.

>Just let me know the right man page, I can get it from there.

An excerpt from "apropos link":

ln(1)                    - make links

"man ln" -- you want the -s option.

david
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