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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Too many levels of symbolic links Post 40631 by Bab00shka on Friday 19th of September 2003 12:15:29 PM
Old 09-19-2003
I can see now what has happened, the equivalent of

ln -s filename filename

I'd assumed that the link was

ln -s filename /different/directory/filename

Been working too many hours I think! Thanks Perderabo :-)

Cheers
Helen
 

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dtinfoaction(file formats)												dtinfoaction(file formats)

NAME
dtinfoaction -- CDE information management actions SYNOPSIS
DtLoadInfoLib filename Open filename DtShowInfoAtLoc DtPrintInfoAtLoc DESCRIPTION
The CDE Information Management Services support the following information management actions: DtLoadInfoLib filename Load the information library specified by filename, which can be either a relative or absolute file path. If filename is not specified, dtinfo displays the default information library(s). Open filename Load the information library specified by filename. Remaps to DtLoadInfoLib filename. DtShowInfoAtLoc filename section Display the section or topic specified by section contained within the infolib specified by filename. filename can be either a relative or absolute file path. section specifies the information library section in generalized locator format. dtinfo is started if it is not already running. This corresponds to invoking dtinfo with the -sect option from the command line. DtPrintInfoAtLoc Print one or more infolib sections from the desktop. This action is invoked whenever a section or sections is dragged from the book list window in dtinfo and dropped on the printer icon on the front panel. These actions can be invoked from an application using the DtActionInvoke(3) function or invoked from a command line using the dtaction(1) utility. SEE ALSO
dtinfo(1), DtActionInvoke(3), DtInfo_LoadInfoLib(4), DtInfo_PrintInfoAtLoc(4), DtInfo_ShowInfoAtLoc 4 dtinfoaction(file formats)
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