> On Mon, 2004-07-05 at 13:38, Fons van der Beek wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > I am having a bit of a problem with the ln command. > > If i give the command > > > > ln -s "/data/mp3/Nelly" "/datastore/alfabet/N/Nelly" > > > > Then I expect only in the directory "/datastore/alfabet/N/" > > a symboly link named "Nelly" being created. > > BUT also (!) in "/data/mp3/Nelly" a symbolic link "Nelly" > > is created and it is referenced to /data/mp3/Nelly > > (there was already a directory calles "DaDerrty.......blablabla) > > > > drwxrwxrwx 3 apache apache 4096 Jul 5 15:12 . > > drwxrwxrwx 403 apache apache 12288 Jul 4 09:58 .. > > drwxrwxrwx 2 apache apache 4096 May 5 11:29 DaDerrtyVersionsTheReinven > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jul 5 15:12 Nelly -> /data/mp3/Nelly > > > > What am i doing wrong ????????????????????????? > > > > With kind regards > > Fons van der Beek > > > > I believe that the quotation marks around the paths may be your > problem. Try the command string without the quotation marks. > > Dick > That's rather hard to do because other directories have spaces in the directory name.. insteam of "Nelly" e.g. "beasty boys" then I need those quotation marks....
