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<BODY>On Thu, 2001-08-23 at 19:03, Fred James wrote:<pre><FONT COLOR="#1a1973">> Just a touch more detail:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#1a1973">> In any given Linux/Unix directory there are two special files, . and .. </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#1a1973">> (dot, and dot dot).</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#1a1973">Ok, That makes sense to me, so how would I make a file execute in any dir I am in, like when I am logged in as root, and I can type </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#1a1973">linuxconf from any directory that I am in and it executes? Is this called a symbolic link? Sorry to flood the list with newby questions, but I am a newby :)</FONT>
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