" ln -s linux-2.24 linux " has the effect which makes a soft
link
" linux" point to "linux-2.24" directory(linux->linux-2.24) ,since
cp
command has -s (make symbolic links instead of copying) option, I do
"cp -s linux-2.24 linux " ,but didn't have the same effection . I
want to know whether cp have some tips can do this .Many Thanks.

In <6c59b6ce-0c84-458d-8b0b-ca8afcb9184b@w7g2000hsa.googlegroups.com>, on Sun, 6 Jul 2008 06:37:19 -0700 (PDT), enjoyfate******.com, enjoyfate******.com wrote:
> " ln -s linux-2.24 linux " has the effect which makes a soft
> link
> " linux" point to "linux-2.24" directory(linux->linux-2.24) ,since
> cp
> command has -s (make symbolic links instead of copying) option, I do
> "cp -s linux-2.24 linux " ,but didn't have the same effection . I
> want to know whether cp have some tips can do this .Many Thanks.

$ touch original
$ cp -s original link
$ ll
$ lrwxrwxrwx 1 user user 8 2008-07-06 10:57 link -> original
$ -rw-r--r-- 1 user user 0 2008-07-06 10:57 original

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>" ln -s linux-2.24 linux " has the effect which makes a soft link
>" linux" point to "linux-2.24" directory(linux->linux-2.24) ,since cp
>command has -s (make symbolic links instead of copying) option, I do
>"cp -s linux-2.24 linux " ,but didn't have the same effection . I
>want to know whether cp have some tips can do this .Many Thanks.

Yeah, I don't get any consistency using 'cp -s'.

"cp -s file1 file2"

If file1 and file2 are in the same directory, I get a soft link.
If file1 and file2 are in DIFFERENT directories, but on the same
partition, I get a 'hard link'.
If file1 and file2 are on DIFFERENT partitions, I get a soft link.

I can't recall if cp -s is POSIX or not (I'm pretty sure it is), but
I don't think many use it, just to avoid this kind of confusion.

What are you trying to do?

Old guy