Nevermind - was a permissions issue. I just love Linux. :) On 4/4/06, Raymond Camden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Followup question. I'm using CF on linux to make the symbolic link. As > far as I know, it's running great, but I can't see the folder when > logged in as root. Any idea why? > > On 4/1/06, Raymond Camden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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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