Casey Bralla via plug on 28 Jan 2024 11:57:48 -0800
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Re: [PLUG] Symbolic Link Problem/Question
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- From: Casey Bralla via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
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- Subject: Re: [PLUG] Symbolic Link Problem/Question
- Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2024 14:57:36 -0500
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Yes, thanks.
That does work, but I've done it before (somehow) and it didn't need the
trailing slash to see the directory contents.
Gotta be a way. Maybe something about the trailing slashes on the "ln"
command line?
On 2024-01-28 02:36 PM, Gary Duzan via plug wrote:
>> This problem has stymied me in the past, and I think someone here may
>> have helped me in the past, but I'm getting older now...
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>> I want to link a directory so that I can access it more easily.
>> Specifically, I wan to link:
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>>    /files1/documents  to  /docs
>>
>> I've tried this command:
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>> "ln -s /files/documents /docs"
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>> But when I do a directory of "ls /docs", I get shown a file which shows
>> the link to the old directory. But what I want is to see the directory
>> of files on /files1/documents.
>>
>> I've done this before, and there was a "trick" to make it work, but I
>> can't remember the trick, nor can I find it on the web.
>>
>> Can somebody help?
>>
>> TIA!
> Adding a training slash (ls /docs/) or a trailing slash and dot (ls
> /docs/.) should get you want you want.
>
> Gary Duzan
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