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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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