symbolic links

[Sam Pikesley]

Oops, sorry, yahoo mail client sucks... the format is:

   'ln -s <file you want to link to> <name of link>'

if you do 'ls -l  /usr/local/mysql/db/mysql' you'll
probably find that it points to /var/db/mysql...

Sam
;)

--- Robin Garbutt <rob at portfoliodesign.net> wrote: >
Hi all,
> 
> I'm tring to create a symbolic link from
> /var/db/mysql to
> /usr/local/mysql/db/mysql so that my mysql db's are
> put in
> /usr/local/mysql/db/mysql
> 
> I've done:-
> 
> ln -s /var/db/mysql  /usr/local/mysql/db/mysql
> 
> but it doesn't seem to have worked, as when I do:-
> 
> ln -l /var/db/mysql
> 
> it indicates no link
> 
> does anyone know where I might be going wrong?
> 
> thanks in advance!
> 
> Robin Garbutt
> Portfolio Art & Design Ltd
> Tel -  +44 (0) 1204 383822
> Fax - +44 (0) 1204 383866
> Mob - +44 (0) 7811 185490
> e-mail - Rob at portfoliodesign.net
> 
> For further information please visit us at :-
> www.portfoliodesign.net
> 
> The contents of this e-mail are confidential to the
> ordinary user of the
> e-mail address to which it was addressed and may
> also be privileged. If you
> are not the addressee of this e-mail you may not
> copy, forward, disclose or
> otherwise use it or any part of it in any form
> whatsoever. If you have
> received this e-mail in error please e-mail the
> sender.
> 
> 
> 
> ------ FreeBSD UK Users' Group  -  Mailing List
> ------
>
http://listserver.uk.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-users 

__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Everything you'll ever need on one web page
from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts
http://uk.my.yahoo.com