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- From: veit@du9ds3.fb9dv.uni-duisburg.de (Holger Veit)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
- Subject: Re: How do you make those -> directories?
- Date: 13 Nov 92 15:55:57 GMT
- Organization: Uni-Duisburg FB9 Datenverarbeitung
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- In <1du24pINNd03@ub.d.umn.edu> cbusch@ub.d.umn.edu (Chris) writes:
-
- >Hello
- > How do you make those '->' directories? The first file attribute is
- >the letter 'l' (what does that stand for?) and the name is something
- >like 'stuff -> /here/it/is' I searched the manuals but I only found the
- >normal directory commands.
-
- >Thanks
-
- >--
- >Chris Busch CBUSCH@ub.d.umn.edu
- >"I guess Intel invented radioactiveware!"
- >"The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore,
- > be reguarded as a criminal offense." - E. W. Dijkista
- >"High-level languages should remove burden from the programmer, not
- > put burden on the person!"
-
- Try reading a good book on BSD UNIX. Look in the index for "soft links" and
- the "ln(1)" command. This might be a better question for comp.unix.questions.
-
- Holger
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