I'll have to try it out, thanks. I haven't studied links yet. My learning unix book doesn't cover them. I'm still waiting for that linux book I ordered to come in the mail; hopefully, it will cover them.
On Feb 28, 9:05 am, Daniel Eggleston <[email protected]> wrote: > If that's all you're after: > > cd /media > ln -s lsi_bebdeaaidca1 D > cd D > *do stuff* > > > > > > On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 11:46 PM, Dos-Man 64 <[email protected]> wrote: > > I don't know; could I? Basically, I'm just looking to avoid having to > > remember cryptic names like lsi_bebdeaaidca1. What the hell does that > > stand for anyway? I want to be able to type in commands like > > > cd /media/D > > cp myfile /media/D/myfile > > > and not have to remember or type in /media/lsi_bebdeaaidca1. Yeesh. > > > On Feb 27, 8:47 pm, Moonchild <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 28-02-2010 02:27, Dos-Man 64 wrote: > > > > > I wrote the scripts myself. Don't ask me how. I probably couldn't do > > > > it again so I burned them onto a CD to be sure I never lose them. > > > > Maybe a silly question, but if it's just the names/paths you want to be a > > bit > > > more human-readable/human-usable, couldn't you just make a symbolic link > > > instead with ln? > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users > > Group. > > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > > For more options, visit our group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup > > -- > > Daniel- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup
