testing sorry ----- Original Message ----- From: Travis Olds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: R & C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 5:54 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Strange Directory Listing
> On Tue, 20 Nov 2001, R & C wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > I was playing around in the terminal located in the bottom window of > > konqueror, issuing commands, and generally looking around and trying to get > > comfortable using a terminal. I gave the following command: > > > > " ls -aop " > > > > -in my home directory. One particular file caught my eye because it was > > highlighted in flashing red w/white letters. > > > > " lrwxrwxrwx 1 username 43 Nov 13 19:48 .#RMAIL -> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:1005694765 " > > > > It seems to be a link to somewhere else but even looking under file > > properties was unsucessful...."unknown" ! > > Yes you are right the file .#RMAIL is symbolicaly linked to > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:1005694765. A symbolic link is > effectively the same as current hyperlinks in html. If you read from the > file the file system will follow the link and give you the contents of the > destination. There is no checking by the file systems for valid > symlinks and an open will simply fail when a broken link is followed. The > other type of link which exists is called a hard link. In this case the > file .#RMAIL can be thought of as an alternative name for the destination > file and the destination file is not actually deleted from the file system > until there are no remianing hardlinks (ie an rm of the file by 1 name > will only remove that alternative name and not the file itself). > > The flshing red is simply a terminal thing to indicate that the > destination of the sysmlink link doesn't exist. > > > BTW, I use KDE's mail client, KMail, on LM8.0 > > > > Can I get rid of it...or should I get rid of it? Is it normal/problem? > > No idea why the symlink exists. My guess would be that it's a temporary > file used by the mail program. As for deleting or not deleting it, either > should be file. I wouldn't worry about it too much in this case. If > however this flashing link were in /usr/lib or /dev, for example, then it > would be worth trying to figure out why the destination didn't exist. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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