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ufk
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 Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2002 12:59 am Post subject: symlink problem |
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when i do symlink dir1 dir2 dir3 dir4 dir5 dir6 dir
it just creates empty directorys instead of linking them to the original directory. any ideas why? |
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pjp
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| Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2002 3:06 am Post subject: |
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What is the actual command you are using?
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ufk
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dosym /usr/sbin/ptal-cups /usr/lib/cups/backend/ptal
/usr/sbin/ptal-cups is the file that exists. |
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rac
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| Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2002 7:37 am Post subject: |
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I have never heard of this "dosym". Does this work: | Code: | | # ln -s /usr/sbin/ptal-cups /usr/lib/cups/backend/ptal |
Make sure that the target directory does not exist when you do this - rmdir it if necessary. Otherwise, the link will get made in /usr/lib/cups/backend/ptal/ptal-cups.
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fyerk
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| Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2002 8:24 pm Post subject: |
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dosym is an alias used in many ebuilds. However, as rac already pointed out, it's not a standard *nix command. Use ln -s instead.
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