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12-02-2003, 10:04 PM
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Registered: May 2003
Location: Somewhere over the Rainbow
Distribution: Slackware 9.x, Knoppix, Damn Small Linux, RedHat.
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Copy File as a Link
Hi. I would like to copy a file from the source folder to some other folder as a link. how can I do that?
Thanks
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12-02-2003, 10:14 PM
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Registered: Dec 2003
Location: Almost Heaven, West Virginia
Distribution: Slackware
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Code:
ln -sf /path/of/real/file /where/you/want/link
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12-02-2003, 10:28 PM
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Registered: May 2003
Location: Somewhere over the Rainbow
Distribution: Slackware 9.x, Knoppix, Damn Small Linux, RedHat.
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Thanks a lot !! works perfectly
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12-02-2003, 10:34 PM
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yer welcome.
glad I could help out.
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