On Jan 17, 2012 7:20 PM, "Neil Bothwick" <n...@digimed.co.uk> wrote: > > On Tue, 17 Jan 2012 08:13:53 +0100, Hinnerk van Bruinehsen wrote: > > > Should be done with: > > > > ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Berlin /etc/localtime > > Symlinking is not recommended as it breaks when /usr is on a separate > filesystem. The file should be copied instead. >
Are you sure you're not confusing that with hardlinking? Because AFAIK symlinking is the only linking that can cross filesystem borders. CMIIW Rgds,