[PLUG] Symlink Problem

[Casey Bralla <MailList@nerdworld.org>]

OK, here's a VERY simple problem that has me flummoxed.


I've mounted my files (which are stored on a separate partition) as /"files".  
Within that directory, I have my documents stored in directory 
"/files/document".


Typing "/files/document" is too long, so I wanted to get a shortcut to it.  I 
therefore want to create a simple symlink to that directory with a simple, 
short directory.  I've created a directy "/docs" and am trying to symlink it 
to "/files/document"


I executed: "ln -s "/files/document /docs" to create the symlink.  But when I 
do a listing of "/docs", I get this:

#ls -lap /docs
total 8
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4096 Dec 14 14:44 ./
drwxr-xr-x 29 root root 4096 Dec 14 14:43 ../
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root   15 Dec 14 14:44 document -> /files/document



If I list the "/docs/document" directory, I get all my documents listed as I 
expected.


Can somebody explain to me what I'm doing wrong?   It all seems so simple, but 
I'm screwing it up somehow.

TIA!
-- 

Casey Bralla
Chief Nerd in Residence
The NerdWorld Organisation
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