rod holcomb wrote: >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 > > > > the relative equiv should be: /home/rod $ ln -s ./sub/pointee ./sub/pointer or /home/rod/suba $ ln -s ../sub/pointee ../sub/pointer