Re: [asterisk-users] Symbolic Link
bilal ghayyad wrote: Hi List; To create the symbolic link, I read in the documenation that I have to type this command: # ln -s /usr/src/'uname -r' /usr/src/linux-2.4 1) What it means by 'uname -r'? 2) Why I have to create such symbolic link to do pointing for the kernel? For what exctly will be used with asterisk? 3) What is the relation between creating such symbolic link and build directory? Any advise. Regards Bilal Never Miss an Email Stay connected with Yahoo! Mail on your mobile. Get started! http://mobile.yahoo.com/services?promote=mail ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users 1) Try "uname -r" at the command line and "man uname" 2) Asterisk needs to access header files from the current version of your kernel source code 3) This allows the Asterisk build process to find the kernel source under a base kernel version name without knowing the detailed version number. regards, Drew ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Symbolic Link
chester c young wrote: >--- bilal ghayyad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>Hi List; >> >>To create the symbolic link, I read in the documenation that I have >>to type this command: >> >># ln -s /usr/src/'uname -r' /usr/src/linux-2.4 >> >>1) What it means by 'uname -r'? >>2) Why I have to create such symbolic link to do pointing for the >>kernel? For what exctly will be used with asterisk? >>3) What is the relation between creating such symbolic link and build >>directory? >> >>Any advise. >> >>Regards >>Bilal >> >> > >1) those are backticks: `uname -r` (it prints the kernel release) >2) ? >3) don't understand your question > >what are you trying to do?? > > My guess is he is preparing to compile something and following steps in a readme/howto type of doc. He wants to understand the how and why of it all. When I was teaching college classes at night, most of the students didn't care that much. Bilal, the backtick usage is explained in the bash manual page under the subtitle "Command Substitution". It is a long manual page but highly educational. man bash While you are at it do a "man uname" to see the many options the comman allows. Enjoy! ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Symbolic Link
--- bilal ghayyad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi List; > > To create the symbolic link, I read in the documenation that I have > to type this command: > > # ln -s /usr/src/'uname -r' /usr/src/linux-2.4 > > 1) What it means by 'uname -r'? > 2) Why I have to create such symbolic link to do pointing for the > kernel? For what exctly will be used with asterisk? > 3) What is the relation between creating such symbolic link and build > directory? > > Any advise. > > Regards > Bilal 1) those are backticks: `uname -r` (it prints the kernel release) 2) ? 3) don't understand your question what are you trying to do?? Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
[asterisk-users] Symbolic Link
Hi List; To create the symbolic link, I read in the documenation that I have to type this command: # ln -s /usr/src/'uname -r' /usr/src/linux-2.4 1) What it means by 'uname -r'? 2) Why I have to create such symbolic link to do pointing for the kernel? For what exctly will be used with asterisk? 3) What is the relation between creating such symbolic link and build directory? Any advise. Regards Bilal Never Miss an Email Stay connected with Yahoo! Mail on your mobile. Get started! http://mobile.yahoo.com/services?promote=mail ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
