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by **duffu** » Sun, 28 Nov 1999 04:00:00

How do I change where a symlink (softlink) points?

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by **Paul Kimo** » Sun, 28 Nov 1999 04:00:00

> How do I change where a symlink (softlink) points?

Remove it, then recreate it (see the ln(1) man page).

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by **Bruce Merr** » Mon, 29 Nov 1999 04:00:00

> How do I change where a symlink (softlink) points?

You use the program "ln" with the option "-s" to create a symlink. To
change a symlink, either delete it and recreate it, or give the -f
option to ln (which makes it delete the old link first). I've had
trouble with the -f option if the link pointed to a directory for some
reason.

by **Villy Kru** » Mon, 29 Nov 1999 04:00:00

On Sun, 28 Nov 1999 11:47:54 +0200,

Quote:>You use the program "ln" with the option "-s" to create a symlink. To
>change a symlink, either delete it and recreate it, or give the -f
>option to ln (which makes it delete the old link first). I've had
>trouble with the -f option if the link pointed to a directory for some
>reason.

You can specify either a directory or a name as the last argument to
ln. If you specify a directory, the ln will create the (symbolic) link
in that directory and use the target names as the name of the new link.
For example: "ln -s a b c d e f dirname" will create the symbolic links
named dirname/a dirname/b dirname/c dirname/d dirname/e dirname/f.

Now, if the last argument is a symbolic link pointint to a directory.
ln will use the directory case and create the link in the directory
pointed to by the symbolic link. Use -n to prevent this.

-n, --no-dereference treat destination that is a symlink to a
directory as if it were a normal file

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