Re: [cobalt-users] Stupid CGI path question

[Patrick Béart <patrick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>  > Which is the correct (Telnet) command:
> >  1.    ln -s    /usr/local/bin/perl      /usr/bin/perl       (spaces
>  > exaggerated for clarity)
>  > ... or ...
>  > 2.   ln -s     /usr/bin/perl      /usr/local/bin/perl
> >  ... or am I missing something else, here, that I need to
> >  solve this problem?  TIA


Kris Dahl wrote:
> It is
> ln -s source target
>
> so if you want to create a sybolic link /usr/bin/perl that points to
> /usr/local/bin/perl the command would be
>
> ln -s /usr/local/bin/perl /usr/bin/perl


	So, if I understand you correctly, the command that you used 
as an example will create a symbolic link
		FROM "/user/bin/perl"
		TO "/usr/local/bin/perl".
	This should allow scripts that are coded for 
/usr/local/bin/perl to be read and executed when (as on the Raq3) the 
PERL interpreter actually lives in /usr/bin/perl. Is that correct?

	When I did this, I received the following output:
*******************
[admin@tesla admin]$ su
Password:
[root@tesla admin]# ln -s /usr/local/bin/perl /usr/bin/perl
ln: /usr/bin/perl: File exists
[root@tesla admin]#
********************

	Not being a UNIX guru, the result "File exists" confuses me. 
It sort of looks like an error. Did this work, or do I need to do it 
again(backwards)?  TIA (Kris).



Patrick Beart
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