Quick UNIX question

pyroponic · #1 12-12-2005, 01:49 AM

Anyone who has ever used UNIX I need some quick help. How do you make a directory that is an alias (shortcut) to another directory? Example:

lrwxr-xr-x 1 jnwu root 18 Sep 21 1992 .xresources -> Public/.xresources

Thanks

IHateKeithSmart · #2 12-12-2005, 01:51 AM

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Anyone who has ever used UNIX I need some quick help. How do you make a directory that is an alias (shortcut) to another directory? Example:

lrwxr-xr-x 1 jnwu root 18 Sep 21 1992 .xresources -> Public/.xresources

Thanks

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You want a symbolic link. Check out the man page for ln

Cancer Merchant · #3 12-12-2005, 01:51 AM

man ln

jba · #4 12-12-2005, 01:52 AM

ln -s realdir symlink

maybe the other way around

pyroponic · #5 12-12-2005, 01:52 AM

You guys are fast! Thank you very much.