Two simple questions

[rod holcomb]

thanks i'll give it a try. I had been trying to do it using realative
cd movements.

/home/rod> ln -s sub/pointee  sub/pointer    
or
/home/rod> ln -s sub/pointee  pointer     

--- Jason Clinton <clintonj at umkc.edu> wrote:
> >
> >
> >TWO:   
> >Should I be able to make a symbolic link:     where both files 
> >“pointer”  and “pointee”  are in the same directory  but I create
> the
> >link while in another directory.     I know this is really must be
> >really  basic but I can’t  seem to make it work.  The “pointer”
> file
> >always seems to end on in the current working directory or it
> doesn’t
> >point to “pointee”  correctly .     I did have some luck if I
> tried
> >hard links but I would rather have smbolics
> >
> > The two questions are related.  I only need to utilize one of the
> answers.
> >
> >  
> >
> /foo/bar # ln -s /foo/bee/hello1 /foo/bee/hello2 works for me.
> 

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