pointer to another file

[revit]

i need to create an option of downloading a file from a server. the problem is that the file is kept in a directory that the user cannot access. thats why i want to make a link from a public_html dir to the file that the user can download.
i heard about the ln option but i did'nt find an example of it's use.

i'll appriciate it if someone will help me find one.
thanks in advane

 

[ayjaycee]

ln -s sourcefile target

where sourcefile is the original file (the one the users' can't see)

and target is the link you want to create in the public directory.

NB: It's best to supply the full path names for both the sourcefile & the target.

HTH TandA

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[revit]

Thanks! i tried it and a link called target@ was created.
my question now is: i want to accesss this link- when i write just path/target i got a message saying : the file does'nt exist...
thanks again

 

[ayjaycee]

OK,

so, assuming you are in the directory where target resides and ls target shows target@ - does

ls -l target (note the -l) show target -> /path/source ?

Assuming source is a text file, what happens if you cat /path/source and is it the same if you cat target ??? TandA

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