Well, i tried that but i still get the same. when i look into the tmp dir. its empty but /usr/root/desktop is not; it has other dirs. such as apps, misc, mp3 etc.. and i though that since these were sys linked i should be able to see the contents of /usr/root/desktop. I should be able to ls the tmp dir on my desktop and see the dirs in /usr/root/desktop such as the app and mp3 folder....correct? Now if i go into the /usr/root/desktop dir. i see along with the other dirs. a tmp dir., but when i ls this tmp dir its empty and if i try to cd to it i get weird sys link errors about too many sys links or something.
again thanks On Tue, 2002-10-08 at 00:16, Peter Leftwich wrote: > On Mon, 7 Oct 2002, SweeTLeaF wrote: > > I am in the /usr/root ....dir > > ln -s desktop /root/Desktop/tmp > > You should be using `ln -s /root/Desktop/tmp /usr/root/desktop` > > The manpage is super unclear about sourcefile and targetfile, I have said > this for years. Think of this paragraph: > > SYNOPSIS > ln [-fhinsv] source_file [target_file] > > Given one or two arguments, ln creates a link to an existing file > source_file. If target_file is given, the link has that name; target_file > may also be a directory in which to place the link; otherwise it is placed > in the current directory. If only the directory is specified, the link > will be made to the last component of source_file. > > ... as this instead `ln -s actualfile linkfile` > > > Now i was exspecting to see all the contents for /usr/root/desktop when i viewed >the /root/Desktop/tmp dir. but that did not happen. > > Now when i go to /root/Desktop/tmp ...i see the link for desktop but when i do a >ls desktop to try and view the files inside desktop i get nothing and a cd desktop >gives an sys link error...and there are more files in desktop. I guess i am trying to >mirror the two dir, so even though they have different names and on different >filesystems, i will see the same contents. > > Thanks for any help. > > I think you just had it backwards. > > -- > Peter Leftwich > President & Founder > Video2Video Services > Box 13692, La Jolla, CA, 92039 USA > +1-413-403-9555 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
