pointing 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

 

[tsdragon]

Did you try "man ln" to get the man page for it?

As I recall the syntax is something like:

ln -s [i]filename[/i] [i]dest_path/filename[/i]

The -s creates a "symbolic" link rather than a "hard" link. I don't remember clearly what the major difference between the two is, but I think a symbolic link will work fine for what you want. Tracy Dryden
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