Re: hi Cant load informix online 5.2 on linux -8 ( rpm file)

Neil Truby wrote: > "Ronald Cole" <ronald@forte-intl.com> wrote in message > news:m31xqlcqee.fsf@yakisoba.forte-intl.com... > >>"Neil Truby" <neil.truby@ardenta.com> writes: >> >>>Install it in /opt/informix as required to do by the bug, then use find >>>. -print | cpio -pvd or some other method to copy the contents of >>>/opt/informix to /usr/informix. >> >>Have symbolic links fallen completely out of fashion? > > > Not sure they ever were *in* fashion for usage as dozy as spanning file > systems, or adding unneessary confusion .... Oh Neil! If that part of UNIX power confuses you, what does the rest do? Try man ls, it has some wonderful options for removing your confusion. If you want to meet the masters at trying to use symbolic links to confuse you, then speak to Sun. ;-) Cheers, -- Mark. +----------------------------------------------------------+-----------+ | Mark D. Stock mailto:mdstock@MydasSolutions.com |//////// /| | Mydas Solutions Ltd http://MydasSolutions.com |///// / //| | +-----------------------------------+//// / ///| | |We value your comments, which have |/// / ////| | |been recorded and automatically |// / /////| | |emailed back to us for our records.|/ ////////| +----------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------+ sending to informix-list