Question about the ln command

[Nathan Grant]

> Hello Everyone,
> 
>     I've just installed FreeBSD 4.8.  I must say installing 
> FreeBSD is 
> fairly easy.  I've manage to dual boot with Win2K and FreeBSD. 
> I'm now in the process of trying to configuring my kernel and 
> getting my 
> ports directory up to date via cvsup.  I've notice while
> reading the FreeBSD HandBook 2nd Edition p.178 it was 
> suggested  to copy 
> the kernel file to the root directory.  Configuring the kernel
> seems to be straight forward.  The problem I have is the following:
> 
> *cd /usr/src/sys/i386/conf
> mkdir /root/kernels
> cp GENERIC /root/kernels/MYKERNEL
> ln -s /root/kernels/MYKERNEL*
> 
> I have a problem with the last command.  From my understanding and 
> reading through the man pages should it the *ln* command take in 3 
> paramaters
> (*ln [option] [source] [dest]*) ?  Is it even possible to create a 
> symbolic link with so few parameters?
>
Yes, it is.  With source as the only argument to ln, it makes a link in
the current directory with the name of the source file.  So, if your pwd
was /usr/src/sys/i386/conf and you committed the last command on that
list, it would create a link /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/MYKERNEL ->
/root/kernels/MYKERNEL
The destination argument is useful for overriding this behavior, but it
is not necessary.

HTH,
Nathan Grant 
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