> ln -s /usr/src/linux/include/linux /usr/include/linux > > What happened was that everything under /usr/include seemed to be a copy of > the original. > I could see that by putting a new file in directory > /usr/src/linux/include/linux and it would not show up in /usr/include/linux
It sounds like you created a symlink from /usr/src/linux/include/linux to /usr/include and not to /usr/include/linux. > The directory /usr/include did not exist yet before entering the command. > Then I created the directory /usr/include It seems strange that you would not have /usr/include. That is a standard part of the system. If you had to make the directory it would mean that you would be missing a large number of important system files that reside in that directory. > When I entered ln -s /usr/src/linux/include/linux /usr/include/linux, > the result is that what the manual indicates > In directory /usr/include there was a link > linux->/usr/src/linux/include/linux What you describe sounds like correct behavior. > There are two possibilities : > *The above problem is a bug > *The above feature should be documented in the man pages. I am sorry but I could not follow your discussion here. The ln -s command operates the same regardless of directory. Perhaps you could reduce this to a small test case in /tmp, say 'ln -s a b' and such of that form. A small illustrative example would be most useful in getting to the root cause of any problem. Thanks Bob _______________________________________________ Bug-fileutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-fileutils
