Craig, It would seem that you are attempting to create a link to /home/htpc/Videos at /usr/share/Movies/ called "dvd". From what I can tell, it looks like there is a directory in the Movies folder though called "dvd" already, so, when you use that syntax, it's defaulting to the name of the original directory "Videos" in the dvd folder. But it appears that that already exists as well. When you do an 'ls -l' on the /usr/share/Movies directory, what does "dvd" point to? My guess is /home/htpc. If so, it would look something like this: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 2009-07-05 14:55 dvd -> /home/htpc Please let us know what the case is... -Anderson Craig Ziegel wrote: > [root@htpc htpc]# ln -s /home/htpc/Videos /usr/share/Movies/dvd > ln: creating symbolic link `/usr/share/Movies/dvd/Videos': File exists > > and when I mythweb Video the output is > > Error > > Could not create a symlink to /usr/share/Movies/dvd, the local MythVideo directory for this hostname (htpc.localhost). Please create a symlink to your MythVideo directory at data/video in order to use the video portions of MythWeb. > > Please tell me the next step, something isn't right. > > Begin forwarded message: > > Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:49:58 -0500 > From: "Matthew Thurman" <mgt@jimsfw.com> > To: mwtransport@wisperhome.com > Subject: Re: symlink error > > > A symbolic link is just a way to have a different and sometimes easier > to remember path so a program can be located where the user would like > but be reachable by a program in a standard location for programatic > reasons. so you would use the ln command with the -s systax to tell it > its symbolic > > so if I wanted to have a directory or folder in the /usr/share/Movies > called dvd that would take me to /home/username/Videos > > I would from a terminal windows type sudo ln -s /home/username/Videos > /usr/share/Movies/dvd > > make sense... I am not trying to over explain it I am just trying to > be clear... sorry if I was overly verbose... > > best of luck, > > Matthew > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:35:58 -0500 > > > Craig Ziegel <mwtransport@wisperhome.com> wrote: > » Error Could not create a symlink to /usr/share/Movies/dvd, the > »local > » MythVideo directory for this hostname (htpc.localhost). Please > »create a > » symlink to your MythVideo directory at data/video in order to use > »the > » video portions of MythWeb. > » > » I have heard you guys talk about symlinks. I don't know how to do > »them, > » could somebody please explain? > » > » -- > » Thank You, > » > » Craig Ziegel > » MW Transport Systems > » 773-418-8713 > » mwtransport@wisperhome.com > » > » - > » To unsubscribe, send email to majordomo@silug.org with > » "unsubscribe silug-discuss" in the body. > » > > > > -- +--------------------------------+ | Anderson Manly | | anderson@manlyfamily.net | | http://www.manlyfamily.net | +--------------------------------+
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