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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers change target of a symbolic link Post 302239409 by shamrock on Tuesday 23rd of September 2008 02:55:24 PM
Old 09-23-2008
fpmurphy is absolutely correct...yes you can change the target of a soft link without deleting the old one by forcing ln to do so.
Code:
ln -s /home/Data1 /home/Stores/abc
ln -f -s /home/Data2 /home/Stores/abc

 

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gnutls_url_is_supported

gnutls_url_is_supported(3)					      gnutls						gnutls_url_is_supported(3)

NAME

       gnutls_url_is_supported - API function

SYNOPSIS

       #include <gnutls/gnutls.h>

       int gnutls_url_is_supported(const char* url);

ARGUMENTS

       const char* url
		   A PKCS 11 url

DESCRIPTION

       Check whether url is supported.	Depending on the system libraries GnuTLS may support pkcs11 or tpmkey URLs.

RETURNS

       return non-zero if the given URL is supported, and zero if it is not known.

SINCE

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       The full documentation for gnutls is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and gnutls programs are properly installed at your  site,
       the command

	      info gnutls

       should give you access to the complete manual.  As an alternative you may obtain the manual from:

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