Re: Setting up symbolic links in Degian Jessie
Hi.
On Sat, 30 May 2015 16:44:08 -0500
"John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@abilitiessoft.org> wrote:
> The symlink command does not exist on Debian Jessie.
alias symlink='ln -s'
Now it does exist. BTW, which OS has the 'symlink' command out of the
box?
> The link command
> copies files instead of creating symbolic links, even though the man
> page says otgherwise.
No, the man page is correct. The purpose of link(1) is to create
hardlinks, which is exactly what it does.
> The hardlink command isn't appropriate for setting
> up symbolic links from files in different directories to a master file.
Why should it create symlinks? Hardlink(1) explicitly says that:
hardlink is a tool which replaces copies of a file with hardlinks,
therefore saving space.
> How do i do that?
man 1 ln. You need '-s' option.
Reco
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