ha! I finally figured out the correct way to make file links in midnight commander

[Karl Anliot]

I have a lot of files all over the directory tree, and it would be nice to
keep directory with links to *every* file I'm working on (a dozen links or
so)

So I would use soft and hard links on a *nix filesystem, so I can launch
files from the directory with the links.    Hard links would allow the
original file to be renamed or deleted without a problem.

Step 0:  Make the directory to put think new links in  as the source
directory.  Then make sure the CURRENT FILE is what you want in the PASSIVE
panel.

# shell command for a hard link.   %D/%F means
PASSIVEDIR/PASSIVE-CURRENT-FILE
ln  %D/%F .

#shell command for a soft link
ln -s %D/%F .


Cheers,
Karl
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