Subject: Re: Linking :/
To: Josh Hope <otaku@redneck.hick.com>
From: David Brownlee <abs@anim.dreamworks.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 07/15/1997 11:05:40
On Tue, 15 Jul 1997, Josh Hope wrote:
> I sure can...here it is:
>
> [otaku@otaku.users.netset.com]% ls -l /home/x/X11R6
> total 14
> drwxr-xr-x 6 root wheel 512 Jul 15 01:31 ./
> drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 512 Jul 15 01:40 ../
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 1536 Jul 15 01:09 bin/
> drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 512 Oct 6 1996 include/
> drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 512 Jul 15 01:04 lib/
> drwxr-xr-x 4 root wheel 512 Jul 15 01:04 man/
>
> [otaku@otaku.users.netset.com]% ls -l /usr/X11R6
> lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 5 Jul 15 01:42 /usr/X11R6@ -> X11R6
Bingo - thats the problem. /usr/X11R6 is linking to 'X11R6'
which is better described as 'the name X11R6 in the same
directory', or 'itself' :)
As I believe someone else said, you need to:
rm /usr/X11R6
ln -s /home/x/X11R6 /usr/X11R6
When creating a symlink always think "if I'm in the same directory
as the symlink, what would I have to type to get to where I'm
symlinking"
:)
David