ln -s is a great utility but can one overdo it?
 

Hi,

I am working on suse 9.0 desktop i have ncpmount working to my netware 5.1 ip based servers, and am now creating meaningfull symlinks to various directory areas on my network. I have also consoleone working so i am now very close to dissing windoze altogether. My next move is to create symlinks to all my ncf files and log files on the various servers.

My question as a complete newbie is thier anything i should be carefull about when i come to amending or doing various searches through the files themselves. Being that the servers ncf files are of DOS format? Should i be carefull how i apply the chown command on these files so that i can take ownership of them will this upset edirectory in any way? I intend to apply symbolic links only no hard links.

One thing i have found is that yesterday i needed to identify my Java version as i wish to use the management portals on my servers this required a java version 2 update in mozilla. However, to apply the nessasary patch required me to find the source java directory. Without thinking i did a search from the root this then initialiased a search right through my /mnt directory where all my servers have been mounted it would have been ok but i went away from my desk to do something and i found the computer still doing the search 20 minutes later. I have yet to find this java directory.

Best
Barry

"is thier anything i should be carefull about when i come to amending or doing various searches through the files themselves."

"Without thinking i did a search from the root this then initialiased a search right through my /mnt directory where all my servers have been mounted it would have been ok but i went away from my desk to do something and i found the computer still doing the search 20 minutes later. I have yet to find this java directory. "

When you set up symlinks make sure that you do not end up with any circular references. If you do then a search could become an infinite loop.

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