On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 12:23 PM, Mike Connors <[email protected]> wrote:
> wes wrote: > >> Then I used "ln /usr/lib64/openoffice.org/ure/lib/libuno_sal.so.3 > >> ure-link <http://openoffice.org/ure/lib/libuno_sal.so.3%0Aure-link>" to > >> create a link to the libuno_sal.so.3 file. This created a > >> file in both folders named ure-link. But I must not have done it right > >> because Nautilus says it is a shared library, not a link. And OOo still > >> won't launch. > >> > >> I read man ln but couldn't understand very much of it. How can I > >> recreate the ure-link so it points to the libuno_sal.so.3 library? > I've never had a need to create a hard link, which is what is created by > default when you don't specify the "-s" option for a symbolic link. I've > used a soft link for for pointing at the location for the file the link > references. > > My understanding is that hard links are used for to identifying the > specific location of physical data. And they will always refer to the > source even if moved or removed. Whereas a symbolic link will break... > > Either should work fine for John's situation. Though I agree that a symlink is technically more correct. -wes _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
