From: Dennis Sullivan (email_suppressed_at_lugwash.org)
Date: Thu 08-Jan-2004 12:54:31 PM EST
And it all works. Thanks to Godwin, Carl and David.
On Wed, 2004-01-07 at 23:10, Godwin wrote:
> 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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