did a bit of digging and found this : ln A feature of linking files is available in Linux. It works by "redirecting" a file to the actual file. It's referred to as a symbolic link. Don't confuse this term with the linking of programs, which is when binary programs are connected with libraries that they need to load in order to run.
The most simple way that I've ever used ln to create symbolic links is ln -s existing_file link. Evidently there's a hard link and a symbolic link; I've been using a symbolic link all along. You can also use the -f flag to force the command line to overwrite anything that might have the symbolic link's file name already. To remove a symbolic link, simply type rm symbolic_link. It won't remove the file that it's linked to. Patrick, symlinks are for linking libraries in make files for compiling apparently. Neil, I read LN as IN at first, but found it eventually. Thanks guys! -- firestorm ------------------------------------------------------------------------ firestorm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2244 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18505 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
