Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 21:38:44 -0400 From: "Nathan Grant" <nateg@laundered.net> To: <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> Cc: 'Alden Louis-Pierre' <alden.pierre@verizon.net> Subject: RE: Question about the ln command Message-ID: <021201c35d4d$cdb80500$4800000a@nougat> In-Reply-To: <3F32F78D.4080504@verizon.net>
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> Hello Everyone, > > I've just installed FreeBSD 4.8. I must say installing > FreeBSD is > fairly easy. I've manage to dual boot with Win2K and FreeBSD. > I'm now in the process of trying to configuring my kernel and > getting my > ports directory up to date via cvsup. I've notice while > reading the FreeBSD HandBook 2nd Edition p.178 it was > suggested to copy > the kernel file to the root directory. Configuring the kernel > seems to be straight forward. The problem I have is the following: > > *cd /usr/src/sys/i386/conf > mkdir /root/kernels > cp GENERIC /root/kernels/MYKERNEL > ln -s /root/kernels/MYKERNEL* > > I have a problem with the last command. From my understanding and > reading through the man pages should it the *ln* command take in 3 > paramaters > (*ln [option] [source] [dest]*) ? Is it even possible to create a > symbolic link with so few parameters? > Yes, it is. With source as the only argument to ln, it makes a link in the current directory with the name of the source file. So, if your pwd was /usr/src/sys/i386/conf and you committed the last command on that list, it would create a link /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/MYKERNEL -> /root/kernels/MYKERNEL The destination argument is useful for overriding this behavior, but it is not necessary. HTH, Nathan Grant > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-newbies > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-newbies-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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