How to create symlink

nodata ubuntu at nodata.co.uk
Wed Sep 27 17:49:03 UTC 2006


Am Mittwoch, den 27.09.2006, 22:42 +0500 schrieb umair ubuntu:
> I have borrowed this text(in yellow ) from community doc  
> HOW TO INSTALL MODEM 
> The name of your modem device is /dev/536ep0. You can now use sudo
> pppconfig to set up pon & poff. To use Kppp you will need to create a
> symlink be able to link the /dev/536ep0 to /dev/modem. Udev rewrites
> the /dev on each reboot and you thus have to create a new file with
> kwrite, kate or gedit in /etc/udev/rules.d/10- local.rules and put the
> following lines in it: 
> # Intelmodem536ep
> KERNEL="536ep0"' SYMLINK="modem"
>  
> MY problemis that i donot know how to create symlink file be able to
> link /dev/536ep0 to /dev/modem
>  

sudo ln -s /dev/536ep0 /dev/modem

read the docs!
man ln
ln --help





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