Re: [newbie] Link to directory

[Travers Naran]

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Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2001 4:52 PM
Subject: [newbie] Link to directory


 I am trying to make a link to my windows desktop directory.  The command I
tried was

 ln -d /mnt/(desktop directory)/ WinDesktop but it said cannot create
hard link: Invalid cross-device link.  Also, would it be possible to make
this link from the / directory?

What you need is a symbolic link, so try:

ln -s /mnt/{desktop directory} WinDesktop

The default way of making a link is a hard-link which makes a file entry
point to something on the same disk so it must be on the same device.

The symbollic link associates the file entry with some text: the path to
your file.  Because there's no i-node reference, it can point to anything on
your file system.

[newbie] Link to directory

[Han2097]

I am trying to make a link to my windows desktop directory.  The command I tried was

ln -d /mnt/(desktop directory)/ WinDesktop but it said cannot create hard link: 
Invalid cross-device link.  Also, would it be possible to make this link from the / 
directory?

Dan
ICQ 4689648