Hi John, In your case
lrwxrwxrwx 1 BUBBA TSHG 13 Jul 5 10:36 x -> /$SYSNAME/etc I am expecting as lrwxrwxrwx 1 BUBBA TSHG 13 Jul 5 10:36 x -> $SYSNAME/etc Like in my expectation it is without backward slash. so if I issue under /MaintP21 ln -s /\$SYSNAME\etc \etc i might get like etc --- > /$SYSNAME/etc So i was looking the result without the backward slash before $SYSNAME On Tue, Jul 5, 2016 at 9:10 PM, John McKown <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Jul 5, 2016 at 10:21 AM, Peter <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Liz, > > > > Initially we had > > > > etc === > $SYSNAME/etc > > > > but i unlinked the etc and now i want to get back to the above structure > > > > > Have you tried: > > ln -s /\$SYSNAME/etc /etc > > Example transcript (not etc since I already have that) from my system: > > LIH1:BUBBA:/$ > df . > Mounted on Filesystem Avail/Total Files Status > > / (OMVS.SYSPLEX.LIH1.ROOT.ZFS) 2508/2880 4294967246 > Available > LIH1:BUBBA:/$ > ln -s /\$SYSNAME/etc /x > LIH1:BUBBA:/$ > ls -l etc x > lrwxrwxrwx 1 BPXROOT SYS1 12 Jan 6 2010 etc -> $SYSNAME/etc > lrwxrwxrwx 1 BUBBA TSHG 13 Jul 5 10:36 x -> /$SYSNAME/etc > LIH1:BUBBA:/$ > cd etc > LIH1:BUBBA:/etc$ > df . > Mounted on Filesystem Avail/Total Files Status > > /LIH1/etc (OMVS.I17RS1.LIH1.ETC) 34308/40320 4294966929 > Available > LIH1:BUBBA:/etc$ > cd /x > LIH1:BUBBA:/x$ > df . > Mounted on Filesystem Avail/Total Files Status > > /LIH1/etc (OMVS.I17RS1.LIH1.ETC) 34308/40320 4294966929 > Available > LIH1:BUBBA:/x$ > > > > > > -- > "Pessimism is a admirable quality in an engineer. Pessimistic people check > their work three times, because they're sure that something won't be right. > Optimistic people check once, trust in Solis-de to keep the ship safe, then > blow everyone up." > "I think you're mistaking the word optimistic for inept." > "They've got a similar ring to my ear." > > From "Star Nomad" by Lindsay Buroker: > > Maranatha! <>< > John McKown > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
