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<?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">
<title>Creating Essential Symlinks</title>
<?dbhtml filename="createfiles.html"?>

<para>Some programs use hard-wired paths to programs which do not yet
exist. 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 -s /tools/bin/{bash,cat,pwd,stty} /bin
ln -s /tools/bin/perl /usr/bin
ln -s /tools/lib/libgcc_s.so{,.1} /usr/lib
ln -s bash /bin/sh</userinput></screen>

</sect1>