aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/chapter06/createfiles.xml
blob: 03107ce8d4d485e5adf857199e6a64814ac89a11 (plain)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
  "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
  %general-entities;
]>

<sect1 id="ch-system-createfiles">
  <?dbhtml filename="createfiles.html"?>

  <title>Creating Essential Symlinks</title>

  <para>Some programs use hard-wired paths to programs which do not exist yet. In
  order to satisfy these programs, create a number of symbolic links which will be
  replaced by real files throughout the course of this chapter after the software
  has been installed.</para>

<screen><userinput>ln -sv /tools/bin/{bash,cat,pwd,stty} /bin
ln -sv /tools/bin/perl /usr/bin
ln -sv /tools/lib/libgcc_s.so{,.1} /usr/lib
ln -sv bash /bin/sh</userinput></screen>

</sect1>