On Friday 13 Jun 2003 1:28 pm, Jan Wilson wrote: > * Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030613 05:58]: > You know, it took a long time before I got unconfused about that, > myself. What you want is: > > ln -s <target the link will point to> <name of link> > > This seems somehow backwards, and the man page uses terms that > didn't make it clear, at least for me. > > > OK - obviously there's something I haven't understood. Not > > least, 'why' it's not permitted. I thought that it would > > overwrite the existing link/icon. Is that not so, or is there > > some other aspect that I have misunderstood? > > If there is an existing file, directory, or link with the same > name, you will have to delete it first. ln won't overwrite an > existing file name. And remember, EVERYTHING in Linux is a file > ;-)
Hi, Jan. OK - got the link created. Then I created one to another location, which I called OldHome, being my /home in 9.0. All I wanted to do next was replace the default folder icon with the folder-important icon, to make a clear differentiation, but I was told I do not have sufficient access to write to /home/anne/Desktop/OldHome/.directory. Can you explain to me what is happening here? Anne
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