Thanks for replying. Same problems.
--- Bob Proulx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On my new laptop (Compaq Presario 730us) I
> installed a
> > dual-boot with WindowsXP and Redhat 7.2. For some
> > reason if I symbolic link anything the link will
> link
> > to itself! You can imagine the problems that
> creates.
> >
> > touch test
> > ln -s test test.link
> > ll test.link
> > test.link -> test.link
>
> That seems really odd. And so far no one else has
> reported that.
> Therefore I suspect something in your environment.
> Can you perform
> some tests? What do these say?
>
> type ln
ln is /bin/ln
>
> ln --version
ln (fileutils) 4.1
etc.
>
> /bin/ln -s test test.link
Same thing as before. Link to self.
>
> > Infinite linkage! Have you ever heard of that
> > experienced. I already looked for others having
> the
> > same problem and didn't find any examples. Mabey
> I
> > didn't look hard enough. My apologies if this
> problem
> > is old hat.
>
> This is the first I have heard of anything like
> this. I suspect that
> ln is an alias or perhaps even a different program
> entirely.
>
> Bob
My hats off to Microsoft and Comaq for engeneering
this coup. Not. I wonder if I'm the only one.
I first discovered it when I was trying to mount my
floppy. I could not "ln -s /dev/fd0 /dev/floppy" and
then later mount would not work because it uses ln
somehow when making /etc/mtab~ a lock file. I have
had plenty of other problems which I'm sure are
related.
- John T. Vonachen
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