On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 07:55:23 +0000, Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, 2005-03-10 at 13:18 -0500, Nat Gross wrote: > > Paul Howarth wrote: > > > > > Nat Gross wrote: > > > > > <snip> > > > > >> 2. re: shortcuts. How do I get my link to display the true path? I > > >> have a symlink to /usr/share/xxx. When I browse this (also at a > > >> terminal prompt) , it shows the path as > > >> "/home/nat/Desktop/theLinkName", but many times I prefer to have it > > >> show the true path, "/usr/share/xxx". > > > > > > > > > Re: appearance on the desktop; no idea (I never create shortcuts on > > > the desktop myself - just out of habit rather than because I think > > > it's a bad thing to do [which I don't]). At the terminal prompt, if > > > you use the "-L" option to "ls", it'll show you details of the file > > > being linked to rather than the details of the link itself. > > > > > > Paul. > > > > > I meant something else. If you cd into the link, or if you click on the > > link from a file browser, although the link target is indeed displayed, > > the path displayed in the browser (or as part of the PROMPT in terminal) > > is the link name, not the real target path. > > (Desktop was just an example. This is true regardless of location.) > > [By the way, this is not a high-priority question. Just a quickie, if > > possible.] > > You could fix this at the command line by using "cd `pwd`". You'd have > to fiddle with aliases for "cd" in your ~/.bashrc to have this happen > automatically. > > Paul. > -- You can create shortcuts like this S=/usr/share/xxxx export S in the .bash_profile S=/usr/share/xxx export S whenever you type $S on the command prompt you will go to the directory /usr/share/xxx. Regards Ankush
