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Name: VertigoRay
Date: September 13, 2003 at 15:20:52 Pacific
OS: Madrake 9.1
CPU/Ram: 1GHz Athlon/1280MB
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I've noticed that in some of my folders when I use the #ls -l command I get a folder that looks like:

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Sep 8 10:15 mail -> spool/mail/

The part that is sparking my interest is "mail -> spool/mail/". I've noticed that it appears to be a shortcut the the spool/mail folder called mail. I would like to create a simlar shortcut else where but I do not know how to go about doing this. I've tried messing with mount, but I'm not sure it that's the correct process.

Anyway, any help would be much appreciated.



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Name: taurus
Date: September 13, 2003 at 17:45:43 Pacific
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It's called a link! You can create one with the command ln...

ln -s /spool/mail ~/mail
-or-
man ln

taurus


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