Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 09:09:30 +0900 From: Shigio Yamaguchi <shigio@wafu.netgate.net> To: sbabkin@dcn.att.com Cc: shigio@wafu.netgate.net, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Improvement of ln(1). Message-ID: <199807150008.RAA07316@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: Message from sbabkin@dcn.att.com of "Tue, 14 Jul 1998 16:34:13 -0400." <C50B6FBA632FD111AF0F0000C0AD71EEFF8B61@dcn71.dcn.att.com>
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> From: sbabkin@dcn.att.com > > > % ln -sr /usr/src/sys/kern/tty.c /usr/obj/usr/src/sys/kern/tty.c > > % ls -l !$ > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 shigio bin 33 Jul 14 23:56 > > /usr/obj/usr/src/sys/kern/tty.c -> > > ../../../../../src/sys/kern/tty.c > > > > This symbolic link is solved in the '/usr' subdirectory. So, you can > > mount > > /usr file system at any point. > > > This example is a lot better. But is it really often needed (I mean, the > automatic calculation of ../.. sequence) ? Yes, it is, at least for me. I need it especially to publish WWW site on the Internet and to make developpment environment on the LAN. I think the calculation of conversion between absolute and relative path should be done automatically not manually. -- Shigio Yamaguchi (Freelance programmer) Mail: shigio@wafu.netgate.net, WWW: http://wafu.netgate.net/tama/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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