From: joel@wam.umd.edu (Joel M. Hoffman) Subject: Re: /etc/inet vs. /etc Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1993 15:14:22 GMT
In article <1qb19d$ikj@agate.berkeley.edu> garrett@garnet.berkeley.edu (Garrett D'Amore) writes:
>
>Okay, I know this has gone round & round a few times, but here's the scoop.
>I've upgraded my libraries, and everything works, as long as I have files
>in BOTH /etc and /etc/inet. I'd like to move *EVERYTHING* into /etc and
>do away with the inet subdir altogether, but if I try that (by just renaming
>the subdir) all networking functions (like ping) cease!
>
Move all the files from /etc/inet to /etc (mv /etc/inet/* /etc/),
remove the inet subdir (rmdir /etc/inet), and make /etc/inet a symlink
to /etc (ln -s /etc /etc/inet). As long as none of the network
programs have a problem with symlinks, you're set. It's a bit ugly,
but certainly better than keeping two copies of everything, and, I
should think, better than linking each file.
-Joel