From: Godwin (email_suppressed_at_lugwash.org)
Date: Wed 07-Jan-2004 11:10:20 PM EST
It'd be the other way around:
ln -s /path/to/original /path/to/newlink
In your case:
ln -s /usr/home/cdcopyfiles ~/xcdroasttemp
...assuming you meant to have a dir in your home named "xcdroasttemp".
cheers,
Godwin
Dennis Sullivan wrote:
> OK, took the second option and created a /usr/home directory. Moved all
> the files under /home/~/xcdroasttemp to /usr/home/cdcopyfiles. How do I
> set up the symlink in my/home directory, so that any additions to
> /home/~/xcdroasttemp will not wind up there, but go to
> /usr/home/cdcopyfiles? Once I have the syntax, I'll set up the rest.
>
> Could it be: "ln -s /home/~/xcdroasttemp /usr/home/cdcopyfiles"?
>
> On Wed, 2004-01-07 at 14:23, David Brodbeck wrote:
>
>> /Partition Magic might work, and since you have a backup there's
>> nothing to lose by trying. A quick-and-dirty option would be to
>> create a /usr/home directory, move some of the home directories there,
>> and symlink them to their original locations under /home./ / /
>>
>> / -----Original Message-----
>> *From:* Dennis Sullivan [mailto:[e-mail suppressed]]
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 07, 2004 11:57 AM
>> *To:* Washtenaw Linux Users Group
>> *Subject:* [WLUG] Hard disk space
>>
>>
>> RedHat 9.0 on a 40 gig Hard drive.
>>
>> Space on the hard drive on my working machine is allocated as follows:
>>
>> Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
>> /dev/hda5 505605 174379 305122 37% /
>> /dev/hda1 101089 27757 68113 29% /boot
>> /dev/hda3 9732588 8307328 930860 90% /home
>> none 176116 0 176116 0% /dev/shm
>> /dev/hda2 26636596 1981172 23302352 8% /usr
>> /dev/hda6 1027768 290584 684976 30% /var
>>
>> Mostly, this is from using default settings when I did my last
>> install in July. /home has filled up near capacity and there seems
>> to be way more than adequate space in /usr.
>>
>> Presently, all needed files are backed up on another machine, as
>> well as on CD. I could do a clean install at this point and
>> probably resolve the partition sizing, but would like to know if
>> there is a way to reallocate space, short of doing this. I have
>> Partition Magic 5.0, but have never used it. I would appreciate
>> any wisdom/expertise anyone would care to share. /
>>
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