symbolic link

[Bart Paulusse]

Hi Mehul,

after creation the link 'works' like a normal directory.
cp /tmp/testfile /sapmnt//exe/
and
cp /tmp/testfile2 /usr/sap/
will both result in two files called testfile and testfile2 in directory /sapmnt//exe/
When you do
cd /usr/sap/you will find that testfile and testfile2 are there as well.

regards,
Bart

[Torsten.]

@Kranti Mahmud:

Very bad cut'n'paste!

Source was

http://docs.hp.com/en/32650-90492/ch06s11.html

This is MPE - not HP-UX!

[Sajjad Sahir]

Dear Methul

In Unix, a file that points to another file or directory. It is used to allow a variety of sources to point to a common destination. The Windows 2000 counterpart is the "virtual directory." When URLs are redirected, it is called "URL mapping." A symbolic link is like a Windows shortcut, except that the link is an index entry in the Unix file system, whereas the shortcut is a regular Windows file.

u can use ln -s to create symbolic links

thanks and regards

Sajjad Sahir

[mehul_3]

Thanks for all for giving such valuable information.

Regards,
Mehul