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[Steven Anker]

On 2001.10.24 11:49 John Marr wrote:
> If I already have a /dev/cdrom, can I add another symbolic link with the
> same name? If I look for the output of /dev/cdrom, will I get the output
> for
> both /dev/cdrom and /dev/dvd??
> 

I know you already have a /dev/cdrom. That is the target of the link. The 
name of the link is /dev/dvd. This means that /dev/dvd will be another 
name for the same file (or in our case device). So /dev/cdrom and /dev/dvd 
will behave exactly the same.

So when you make a link (use the way Tom mentioned. That's easier) and 
then go to /dev/ and type
"ls -l cdrom dvd" you should get something like this:

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            3 Apr 25 14:21 cdrom -> hdc
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            5 Jun  8 20:49 dvd -> cdrom

Here you can see that dvd is a link to cdrom and cdrom is a link to hdc.

You can never make two or more links with the same name, because that is 
the same as making two or more files with the same name. Which is not 
possible. You can have multiple links that point to the same target.


Steven Anker

e-mail: steven at frog.nl

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