HOW TO MAKE A SYMLINK)

Forum: Other Help Topics
Topic: HOW TO MAKE A SYMLINK)
started by: Patrick

Posted by Patrick on Sep. 28 2004,12:41

How do i make a symlink (what is a symlink?)

I need to symlink firefox 0.9.3 and java j2re1.4.2_05 together. (as in making a plugin?)

Posted by guest on Sep. 28 2004,12:57

open emelfm
navigate rightpanel to the destination folder
navigate leftpanel to the source file
press Symlink button

Posted by clacker on Sep. 28 2004,13:20

A symbolic link (is that what you want?) is a reference to another file, like a shortcut in Windows or an alias on the Mac. You can create one in the bash shell with the command

ln -s <existing file or directory name> <link name>

the -s makes it a symbolic link, without that it's a hard link (points to the inode). Those can point across partitions.

Posted by ke4nt1 on Sep. 28 2004,15:06

For that, I'd use the bash command..

The symlink button will symlink to the
/ramdisk/opt/.firefox_plugins/* , not the /opt/.firefox_plugins/*

The bash command will do it properly..

73
ke4nt

Posted by clivesay on Sep. 28 2004,15:27

So you would use the ls without the -s if you wanted to have your /home directory on another partition?

Chris

Posted by cbagger01 on Sep. 28 2004,16:18

You can do it even with a "-s" and it will still work.

Keep in mind that the "ln" command for the busybox base install works differently than the "ln" command for the gnu-utils.dsl or "enhacned" hdinstall.

Read the man pages for a full explanation.