In lvm context this dm-1 is a magic device-mapper device/file that sets up a block-mapping to the underlying device that allows access to the blocks of the specific lv in the correct order (in this case home). It really acts just like /dev/sda1 does if there is a filesystem directly on /dev/sda1. On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 1:41 PM Garry T. Williams <gtwilliams@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Thursday, March 26, 2020 1:39:13 PM EDT Bob Goodwin wrote: > > lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 7 Mar 26 12:58 home -> ../dm-1 > > This indicates that the file "home" is a synbolic reference to the > file (or directory) "../dm-1". > > [snip] > > > [root@Workstation-1 fedora_localhost-live]# ls -al home -> ../dm-1 > > ls: cannot access '-': No such file or directory > > That command just redirected ls's stdout to the /dm-1 file or > directory. The file you want is ../dm-1 -- not "home -> ../dm-1". > The shell parses that as 'home' and '-' and then "sees" ">" as a > redirect stdout. > > -- > Garry T. Williams > > > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
