peregrin@hulaw1.harvard.edu (04/04/91)
How do you pros out there manage the symbolic links on your unix systems? When I upgraded my machine from SunOS 4.0.3 to 4.1.1 (full install), I had to go back manually to add in all the symbolic links used by third-party and public domain software. Many software installation programs put links from their executables into /bin or link a file or two into /usr/lib. So when one does a full install (hence a start with a clean /usr tree) do most people reinstall all their third-party software? I thought of maintaining a script/table that would contain all the 'ln' commands to create the links, and run that after I did a full install. My other concern is if I left this job and a future administrator had to do a full install, how would he/she know where the important links where? -James +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ + James Peregrino | JPEREGRINO@HBSSTG.HARVARD.EDU + + Programmer/Analyst | PEREGRIN@STIG.HARVARD.EDU + + Science & Technology Interest Group | JPEREGRINO@HBS.HBS.HARVARD.EDU + + Harvard Business School | PEREGRIN@HULAW1.BITNET + + Boston, MA 02163 +-----------------------------------+ + Voice: (617)495-6307 | My opinions are only my own and + + FAX: (617)495-0351 | never H.B.S's. + +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+