On Tue, Jul 5, 2016 at 10:47 AM, Peter <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 $SYSNAME >
OK. then don't put in the / in the ln command: ln -s \$SYSNAME/etc /x instead. However, the results are functionally the same. Example: LIH1:BUBBA:/home/bubba$ df . Mounted on Filesystem Avail/Total Files Status /home/bubba (TSSPV.PLEXLIH1.HOME.BUBBA.ZFS) 31536804/45705600 4294926387 Available LIH1:BUBBA:/home/bubba$ ln -s \$SYSNAME/etc x # note no leading / LIH1:BUBBA:/home/bubba$ ls -l x lrwxrwxrwx 1 BUBBA TSHG 12 Jul 5 11:03 x -> $SYSNAME/etc LIH1:TSH009:/home/bubba$ cd x LIH1:BUBBA:/home/bubba/x$ df . Mounted on Filesystem Avail/Total Files Status /LIH1/etc (OMVS.I17RS1.LIH1.ETC) 34308/40320 4294966929 Available LIH1:BUBBA:/home/bubba/x$ cd LIH1:BUBBA:/home/bubba$ rm x LIH1:BUBBA:/home/bubba$ ln -s /\$SYSNAME/etc x # note leading / LIH1:BUBBA:/home/bubba$ ls -l x lrwxrwxrwx 1 BUBBA TSHG 13 Jul 5 11:04 x -> /$SYSNAME/etc LIH1:BUBBA:/home/bubba$ cd x LIH1:BUBBA:/home/bubba/x$ df . Mounted on Filesystem Avail/Total Files Status /LIH1/etc (OMVS.I17RS1.LIH1.ETC) 34308/40320 4294966929 Available The $SYSNAME does not resolve to just the system name. It may __only__ be used as the first portion of the SYMLINK and it always resolves starting at the UNIX root directory. If you ever need to use the system name as a directory not beginning from "root", such as /home/bubba/<<system name>>, you need to use the $SYSSYMR cd /home/bubba mkdir SY1 # System one's &SYSNAME mkdir SY2 # System two's &SYSNAME ln -s \$SYSSYMR/current-system Then /home/bubba/current-system would resolve to /home/bubba/SY1 on SY1 and /home/bubba/SY2 on SY2. ref: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSLTBW_2.1.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r1.bpxb200/mountsym.htm From the about the &SYSNAME can be any defined static system symbol -- "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
