From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Aug 5 11:05:14 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA28476 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 5 Aug 1998 11:05:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from pau-amma.whistle.com (s205m64.whistle.com [207.76.205.64]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA28466 for ; Wed, 5 Aug 1998 11:05:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dhw@whistle.com) Received: (from dhw@localhost) by pau-amma.whistle.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id LAA18044; Wed, 5 Aug 1998 11:03:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dhw) Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 11:03:39 -0700 (PDT) From: David Wolfskill Message-Id: <199808051803.LAA18044@pau-amma.whistle.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, gary@tein.net Subject: Re: Simple UNIX question In-Reply-To: <35C8871D.392D5FF6@tein.net> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 10:23:57 -0600 >From: Gary Landers >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 -- David Wolfskill UNIX System Administrator dhw@whistle.com voice: (650) 577-7158 pager: (650) 371-4621 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message