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Re: leafnode & /var size

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From: Mark Chater
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 00:00
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On Wed, 18 Oct 2000 19:19:54 +0100, <stuart@trognet.demon.co.uk>
wrote:

>As you have loads of space in /usr why not move the /var/spool/news to something
>like /usr/local/news (mv /var/spool/news /usr/local/news) then make a softlink
>from the old /var/spool/news to the new /usr/local/news (ln -s /var/spool/news 
>/usr/local/news)

ta, thats exactly what I needed :).  I was wondering about a soft link
but couldn't sort out how I should do it. Lack of experience showing
there.

Thanks again.



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From: mark@chater.demon.co.uk (Mark Chater)
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