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  1. 01-08-2007 #1
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    Creating Symbolic Link

    I am confused as to how you "create a symbolic link" to a file. I need to create a symbolic link to a file for my Firefox plugins folder, so that my java runtime engine will work. Every set of instructions I find, tells me to create the symbolic link... no set of instructions tells me "how" to create it(i don't know what is so hard about these people including a bit of instructions for people, what do I have to have? A doctorate in Linux administration just to understand what the heck they are talking about?).

    I am using Kubuntu 6.10 . And BTW, is "symbolic link" the same thing as a "shortcut" in MS Windows? I am used to clicking a file, and selecting "create shortcut", if that is the case. What must I do in Kubuntu 6.10 if i want to do that, or to create this "symbolic link"?
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    Code:
    ln -sf <source> <target>
    check manual of 'ln'. man ln
    I am using Kubuntu 6.10 . And BTW, is "symbolic link" the same thing as a "shortcut" in MS Windows? I am used to clicking a file, and selecting "create shortcut", if that is the case. What must I do in Kubuntu 6.10 if i want to do that, or to create this "symbolic link"?
    yes, its like Shorcut. execute 'ln' command.





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    Create symlinks using the command below:

    ln -s filename linkname

    The filename refers to the file you wish to access, while linkname refers to the name of the symlink file.

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    OK, but if I want to shorten
    /dev/hda1/Audio/iTunes/myCollection/ (a WinNTFS directory) into
    /iTunes/
    can I use the same ln command (as my Ubuntu is on /dev/hdb)?

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    OK, but if I want to shorten
    /dev/hda1/Audio/iTunes/myCollection/ (a WinNTFS directory) into
    /iTunes/
    can I use the same ln command (as my Ubuntu is on /dev/hdb)?
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    Quote Originally Posted by devils_casper View Post
    Yes. You can do that.
    Did it - at last - works wonders! There are a lot more of these shortcuts I´m going to work on.
    Thanks DC
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    Glad to help you Onderhil !
    Do start a new thread if you have any other question.
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