Re: General Topic: Trying to understand the ln (link) syntax

2006-05-28 Thread rblythe
Peter B. Steiger wrote: On Sat, 2006-05-27 at 22:57 -0400, rblythe wrote: ln -s -v ../../path/to/target somename or directory Specifically what I don't understand is the ../../ portion. Well, do you understand the use of . and .. as directory names in *nix (and for that matter

Re: General Topic: Trying to understand the ln (link) syntax

2006-05-28 Thread Dan Nicholson
On 5/27/06, rblythe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have read the ln manpage. I have searched the internet. I hope someone can clear this up for me: ln -s -v ../../path/to/target somename or directory Specifically what I don't understand is the ../../ portion. I am used to using links that look

General Topic: Trying to understand the ln (link) syntax

2006-05-27 Thread rblythe
I have read the ln manpage. I have searched the internet. I hope someone can clear this up for me: ln -s -v ../../path/to/target somename or directory Specifically what I don't understand is the ../../ portion. I am used to using links that look like ln -s -v /my/file/one two # without

Re: General Topic: Trying to understand the ln (link) syntax

2006-05-27 Thread Peter B. Steiger
On Sat, 2006-05-27 at 22:57 -0400, rblythe wrote: ln -s -v ../../path/to/target somename or directory Specifically what I don't understand is the ../../ portion. Well, do you understand the use of . and .. as directory names in *nix (and for that matter MSDOS) environments? The period by