Creating a symbolic link

Forum thread started by DFergATL on Mon, 2014-08-11 23:25

I downloaded one of the latest nightly (rev 47665). This is the first time since alpha 4 I have used Haiku. I am trying to create a link for Web Positive on my desktop. But, no matter what I do I can't create a link, I can't copy, move...nothing. So, how do I put a link to start Web Positive onto my desktop now? I used to just create a link on the desktop by right clicking and going through the context menu.

David

‹ Installing the last nightly image MediaPlayer - test hrev47648 ›

Comments

Re: Creating a symbolic link

by waddlesplash - 2014-08-12 01:39
I saw this happening but I thought it was just me. You might want to file a bug report.

Re: Creating a symbolic link

by Diver - 2014-08-12 05:32

I think this is already being tracked here https://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/11091

Re: Creating a symbolic link

by clasqm - 2014-08-12 09:50

According to the ticket referred to above, you can still do things the hard way, so open Terminal and type

ln -s /boot/system/apps/WebPositive /boot/home/Desktop

I'm not on my Haiku box ATM so you may need to double-check those pathnames. The easiest way to get them right is to locate them with Tracker and drag them into Terminal. Just watch the space in between.