Actually, you can learn quite a bit about links and how to set them up by typing 'man ln' (without the quotes) in a terminal. That should give you some background info until the linux book arrives.
HTH, Scott On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 10:06 PM, Dos-Man 64 <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > -- <>< Scott Vargovich <>< ------------------------------------------ OpenPGP Key ID: F8F5DC7E ------------------------------------------ -- 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
