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RE: [LUG] forwarded
> The book Running Linux 2nd edition describes symbolic links on page 91
> ln /opt /usr/opt
> this would mean when I cd /opt it actually goes to /usr/opt
>
> is this correct?
>
Other way round I'd say: ln -s /usr/opt /opt
(Linux/unix is nicely awkward sometimes it seems :-))
I'd also say that if you already have a /opt directory then it will cause
problems - as someone else said: create the /usr/opt, move all the /opt
stuff into it; nuke /opt and then create the symlink.
John.
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