creating a logical link

[Jason Reed]

my root mailbox file, /tmp/mbox.root, has filled up the /tmp volume. I want to create a logical link, to point to another directory so that I can open the mailbox and delete the messages. Will that work? And if so, how do I do it?

[MARTINACHE]

Hi,

Supposing that you want to move your mailbox under /otherfs :

mv /tmp/mbox.root /otherfs

ln -s /othersfs/mbox.root /tmp/mbox.root

Regards,

Patrice.

[James R. Ferguson · Accepted solution]

Hi:

If you don't care about any of the messages, and want to empty the whole mailbox, do this:

# cat /dev/null > /var/mail/root

...JRF...

[Jason Reed]

Thanks to both of you. Obviously, I am new to sys. admin responsibilities. Thank god for this site.