Thanks all. On 4/1/06, Michael Greenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm not a linux newbie and it works like alias or shortcut would on > any platform. Its just a pointer. > > Michael > > > On Apr 1, 2006, at 7:04 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: > > > I'm a linux newbie myself, at least for the last 5 years, but > > that's the > > point of a symbolic link, just to point to the same directory. It > > doesn't > > mirror it, so it shouldn't take up any more space than a few bytes. > > > > > > > > On 4/1/06, Dana Tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> I don't have access to Red Hat Academy right now but I am pretty > >> sure that > >> the answer is either no, or perhaps one bit, like shortcuts in > >> Windows. > >> Caveat: I am a linux newbie so this is by no means a definitive > >> answer. > >> Maybe it will however bump your question up and thereby bring it > >> to the > >> attention of the list linux geeks, who can confirm or deny. > >> > >>> On linux, when you make a symbolic link, > >>> > >>> ls -s /dir1 /dir2 > >>> > >>> Does it take up more disk space? > >>> > >>> -- > >>> ==================================================================== > >>> === > >>> Raymond Camden, Director of Development for Mindseye, Inc ( > >> www.mindseye.com) > >>> > >>> Member of Team Macromedia (http://www.macromedia.com/go/ > >>> teammacromedia) > >>> > >>> Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> Blog : ray.camdenfamily.com > >>> Yahoo IM : cfjedimaster > >>> > >>> "My ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda > >> > >> > > > > > >
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