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From: cbusch@ub.d.umn.edu (Chris)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: How do you make those -> directories?
Date: 12 Nov 1992 10:52:41 -0600
Organization: University of Minnesota, Duluth
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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

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Chris Busch   CBUSCH@ub.d.umn.edu
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