On Sun, 2003-02-02 at 08:44, FemmeFatale wrote:
> Ya know everytime I tell ppl linux is just as simple as windows I'm going
> to remember this post! Gah!!
>
> heh thx I'll try to keep all this crud straight.
> -
> FemmeFatale
...she's having a pink moment...(g)
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Sun, 2 Feb
At 07:39 AM 2/1/2003 +, you wrote:
PPS: Note that in order to create a soft link, the "existing" file
does not need to exist in real, but usually it does, and it helps
anyhow, if you think about how you *would* copy that non-existing
file. ;)
Which is why the Man file for symbol
At 07:41 AM 2/1/2003 +0100, you wrote:
Hi.
On Fri 2003-01-31 at 22:11:45 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[...]
> It confused me for a long time.
>
> ln -s < source file >
Aehem. Wrong, except you have some weird understanding of source (or
maybe I have - I am not a native speaker ;). Or, w
At 09:39 PM 1/31/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> help?
You can't link two files like this; they both exist. Create a link when
you want to make it "easier" for you to get a file. Like instead of typing
"vi /var/log/httpd/access_log", I might make a link in my home:
ln -s /var/log/xferlog ~/ftplog
That
On 01 Feb 2003 21:49:14 +1100
Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Uh, I think we might have a licensing issue here, folks. Charles, did
> you write the signature script under and OSS license, or a GPL license
> or a GNU license? You're going to have to clarify for proper and legal
> copyrigh
On Sat, 2003-02-01 at 14:29, Charles A Edwards wrote:
> Forgot to add that if you are using my script you do not need a
> link to /usr/games/fortune
> The script itself invokes fortune and updates /home/heather/.signature
> Charles
>
Uh, I think we might have a licensing issue here, folks.
Benjamin Pflugmann wrote:
Hi.
On Fri 2003-01-31 at 22:11:45 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[...]
It confused me for a long time.
ln -s < source file >
Aehem. Wrong, except you have some weird understanding of source (or
maybe I have - I am not a native speaker ;). Or, well, it i
On 31 Jan 2003 14:09:55 -0700
FemmeFatale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've been trying to get Charles' sig working that way. Um.. less i'm
> doing something else wrong. The file is set for execute too & its
> owner is now Heather, but group owner is still Root. Need that
> change?
Femme what
On Fri, 2003-01-31 at 22:30, robin wrote:
> You have my condolences. I've managed to reduce my Windows
> responsibilities to showing people how to do things like cut and paste
> in Word, updating virus definitions, and saying "Windows is totally
> screwed" then sweet-talking on of our techies i
On 31 Jan 2003 15:58:15 -0700
FemmeFatale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-01-31 at 15:11, John Richard Smith wrote:
>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > It confused me for a long time.
> >
> > ln -s < source file >
> >
> > John
> >
> > --
> > John Richard Smith
>
> Its still confusing m
Adolfo Bello wrote:
It is also missing the name of the symbolic link:
ln -s /usr/games/fortune /usr/bin/
Oops!! I don't have any excuse :-)
Second thoughts. I do have an excuse. Coming out of two days of
disaster-recovering an Exchange 2000 installation.
You have my condolences. I've mana
On Fri, 2003-01-31 at 21:14, Adolfo Bello wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-01-31 at 20:24, Adolfo Bello wrote:
>
> > It is also missing the name of the symbolic link:
> >
> > ln -s /usr/games/fortune /usr/bin/
>
> Oops!! I don't have any excuse :-)
Second thoughts. I do have an excuse. Coming out of two d
On Fri, 2003-01-31 at 20:24, Adolfo Bello wrote:
> It is also missing the name of the symbolic link:
>
> ln -s /usr/games/fortune /usr/bin/
Oops!! I don't have any excuse :-)
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/ \\ @ __ __@ Adolfo Bello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
/ // // /\
On Fri, 2003-01-31 at 19:57, Gary Montalbine wrote:
> Try using ln -s /usr/games/fortune
> /usr/bin. I think the "/" is necessary
> to deliniate a directory.
>
> Gary
It is also missing the name of the symbolic link:
ln -s /usr/games/fortune /usr/bin/
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/
FemmeFatale wrote:
On Fri, 2003-01-31 at 15:11, John Richard Smith wrote:
It confused me for a long time.
ln -s < source file >
John
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John Richard Smith
Its still confusing me! This is what I tried & the error msgs:
[root@Heather bin]# ln -s usr/games/fortune usr/bin
Try
FemmeFatale wrote:
On Fri, 2003-01-31 at 15:11, John Richard Smith wrote:
It confused me for a long time.
ln -s < source file >
John
--
John Richard Smith
Its still confusing me! This is what I tried & the error msgs:
[root@Heather bin]# ln -s usr/games/fortune usr/bin
ln: cre
On Fri, 2003-01-31 at 15:11, John Richard Smith wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> It confused me for a long time.
>
> ln -s < source file >
>
> John
>
> --
> John Richard Smith
Its still confusing me! This is what I tried & the error msgs:
[root@Heather bin]# ln -s usr/games/fortune usr/bin
ln:
FemmeFatale wrote:
I gotta be too stoned on demerol or something... cause for the life of
me I can't create symbolic links properly!
I've read two linux books entries on the topic, neither helped much. I
want to put a link from:
/usr/bin/.signature.sxw
to
/usr/games/fortune
I've been trying
I gotta be too stoned on demerol or something... cause for the life of
me I can't create symbolic links properly!
I've read two linux books entries on the topic, neither helped much. I
want to put a link from:
/usr/bin/.signature.sxw
to
/usr/games/fortune
I've been trying to get Charles' sig
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