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- From: robert@diku.dk (Robert Martin-Legene)
- Subject: Re: symbolic Links
- Message-ID: <1992Jul17.172517.507@odin.diku.dk>
- Sender: robert@ask.diku.dk
- Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1992 17:25:17 GMT
- References: <1992Jul16.203018.15219@nmsu.edu>
- Organization: Department of Computer Science, U of Copenhagen
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- rscott@spock.NMSU.Edu (Joseph Good) writes:
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- >Is it possible to symbolicly link to a file in another account?
-
- >I am trying to execute a program in one account, and store it in another. The
- >permissions are set for global read/execute. I need the current directory to
- >recognize the file as there, but it will actually be in the other account.
-
- >I have dug up a C command to link to it, but I was wondering if there is a
- >command line function to do the same.
- >--
- To make a softlink:
- % ln -s <remote file name> <local file name>
- And a hardlink:
- % ln <remote file name> <local file name>
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- The one whoms file you are linking to, is best off if you make a softlink.
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- >Joseph Good
- >+-------------------+ - More than just a band....
- >| Green Dot Brigade | - It's a whole damn army of dots...
- >+-------------------+ - And we've declared war on the 7-Up dots...
-
- >rscott@nmsu.edu (NeXT mail welcome!!)
-
- >atlantis@acca.nmsu.edu (Just plain ol' Unix)
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- Robert Martin-Legene | University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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