Hi. On Sat, 30 May 2015 16:44:08 -0500 "John J. Boyer" <[email protected]> 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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
