DSM-G600, DNS-3xx and NSA-220 Hack Forum

fonz wrote:

http://dns323.kood.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=2648

Ok, thank you.

Is there an easier way to make a symbolic link specifically for the DNS-323? Without reading ten introductory articles about Linux? If not, I will probably just move the files once in a while from one volume to the other and wish I bought another NAS.
: )

Ok I will remember your warning, thank you.

I assumed it would always be the same specific procedure to make a symbolic link from volume_1 to volume_2 on the DNS-323? And the only difference would be folder path and IP?

Edit: I have searched the articles for "symbolic" and had two hits. One of them explained what it was, but not enough for me to make a symbolic link from one volume to the other unfortunately.

I still don't know if I should drop a file with a certain format in the folder with commands, or if I need to connect with a terminal of some kind. In that case I don't know how to connect from Windows to the NAS and what terminal to use? Or if I should connect via software provided by D-link?

But if there is an easy solution to make a specific symbolic link from volume_1 to volume_2 I would love to hear about it.



Instructions about "symbolic link" in general:

"The “ln” utility creates a new directory entry (linked file) which has the same properties as the original file. Symlink (for short) can be thought as a sort of a short-cut known from Windows systems.

There are two kind of such links in Unix/Linux systems:

    * symbolic links - referring to a file - they can be considered as Windows short-cuts,
    * hard links - referring to a disk area, in other words to a physical disk area where a file is located.

If a file to which a symbolic link was created is removed (deleted), the symlink will be listed in red (provided the shell supports colors). If we delete a file with a hard link nothing will happen. The file won’t be erased until the number of hard links equals zero.

All symlinks are created by ln command issued with -s parameter.

adam@laptop:~/Documents/polishlinux.org/examples$ cat file
Symlink example.

adam@laptop:~/Documents/polishlinux.org/examples$ ln -s file
symlink_file

adam@laptop:~/Documents/polishlinux.org/examples$ ls -l
lrwxrwxrwx 1 adam adam    4 2007-06-01 19:11 symlink_file -> file
-rw-r--r-- 1 adam adam   22 2007-06-01 19:10 file

adam@laptop:~/Documents/polishlinux.org/examples$ rm file

adam@laptop:~/Documents/polishlinux.org/examples$ ls
symlink_file

The above listing shows symbolic link in action. ls (with -l) tells us the number of hard links for a “file” file remained the same. Contrary to the below example where number of two hard links had diminished to one after a file deletion and the “file” file was still present.

adam@laptop:~/Documents/polishlinux.org/examples$ ln file hardlink_file

adam@laptop:~/Documents/polishlinux.org/examples$ ls -l
-rw-r--r-- 2 adam adam   22 2007-06-01 19:11 hardlink_file
-rw-r--r-- 2 adam adam   22 2007-06-01 19:11 file

adam@laptop:~/Documents/polishlinux.org/examples$ rm file

adam@laptop:~/Documents/polishlinux.org/examples$ ls -l
-rw-r--r-- 1 adam adam   22 2007-06-01 19:11 hardlink_file"

Last edited by GZ (2009-08-06 13:05:24)

Many thanks!


Your instructions gave me a clear view on what level of work this requires and how to attack this task. I am not fumbling in the dark any more, thank you!

Regards,
GZ