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From: nakamura@cradle.titech.ac.jp (Kazushi NAKAMURA)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: How do you make those -> directories?
Message-ID: <966@apricot.cradle.titech.ac.jp>
Date: 14 Nov 92 18:54:33 GMT
References: <1du24pINNd03@ub.d.umn.edu>
Organization: The Center for Research And DeveLopment of Educational Tech., Tokyo Inst. of Tech., Tokyo, JAPAN
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  Hello! Chris.

>From article <1du24pINNd03@ub.d.umn.edu>, by cbusch@ub.d.umn.edu (Chris):
> 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.  

  It called symbolic link. Use 'ln' command with '-s' flag. As,

	ln -s /here/it/is stuff

Please see man ln(1).
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