I'm not a linux newbie and it works like alias or shortcut would on any platform. Its just a pointer.
Michael On Apr 1, 2006, at 7:04 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: > I'm a linux newbie myself, at least for the last 5 years, but > that's the > point of a symbolic link, just to point to the same directory. It > doesn't > mirror it, so it shouldn't take up any more space than a few bytes. > > > > On 4/1/06, Dana Tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> I don't have access to Red Hat Academy right now but I am pretty >> sure that >> the answer is either no, or perhaps one bit, like shortcuts in >> Windows. >> Caveat: I am a linux newbie so this is by no means a definitive >> answer. >> Maybe it will however bump your question up and thereby bring it >> to the >> attention of the list linux geeks, who can confirm or deny. >> >>> On linux, when you make a symbolic link, >>> >>> ls -s /dir1 /dir2 >>> >>> Does it take up more disk space? >>> >>> -- >>> ==================================================================== >>> === >>> Raymond Camden, Director of Development for Mindseye, Inc ( >> www.mindseye.com) >>> >>> Member of Team Macromedia (http://www.macromedia.com/go/ >>> teammacromedia) >>> >>> Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Blog : ray.camdenfamily.com >>> Yahoo IM : cfjedimaster >>> >>> "My ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:202500 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
