Neat Trick

Doug dmcgarrett at optonline.net
Tue Apr 21 18:54:03 UTC 2015



On 04/21/2015 03:26 AM, Bill Vance wrote:
>
>
> Oops!  The wordwrapping made it a little less plain than
> intended.  Try it this way.
>
>
> cd /home/$USER/Desktop
> Name=$(cat /etc/hostname)
> ln -s / $Name
> cd -
>
>
> Bill
>
> On Mon, 20 Apr 2015, Bill Vance wrote:
>
>> If you use a file manager very much, here's a neat
>> trick you might find handy.  Just run the following
>> bash snippet.
>>
>> cd /home/$USER/Desktop ; Name=$(cat /etc/hostname) ; ln -s / $Name ; 
>> cd -
>>
>> Now look in your Desktop window, (on your Desktop, natch).
>>
>> Happy clicking.
>>
>> Bill
>>
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1. I don't know if this would work on PCLOS, but if it does, what is it 
supposed to do?
2. What name goes in the third line?

Thanx--doug





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