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Authored by: bschoate on Mar 18, '04 11:19:30AM

The hardlink fails because I'm using FileVault:

ln: Local/mbox: Cross-device link

Any suggestions?



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Authored by: gospodin_david on Mar 18, '04 12:00:39PM

try a symlink instead of a hard link use "ln -s" instead of just "ln". Symbolic links work across devices.



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Authored by: Stephan Leemburg on Mar 19, '04 04:01:46AM

You should not use a hardlink, but a softlink. Use:

sudo ln -s /var/mail/$USER Local.mbox/mbox

for this.



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