As fas as I know, symbolic links can't be used for folders/directories. Its for files.
Please correct me If I am wrong and let me know further on it.
Symbolic links work just fine for folders. You can't hardlink a folder, but symlinks can link to anything. You can even make a symlink that goes nowhere if you really want. It's just a string, in the end.
Absolute paths are reccomended since it takes the destination path completely literally without considering the current working directory at all.
Hi All,
One small request. In UNIX/LINUX we can have our own aliases in .bashrc file. My doubt is when we add a new alias and if it is tried in already opened terminals it will not work, may be it is not going to recognise. Bit when we use the same alias in new terminal it will work. I... (1 Reply)
Folks;
I know this might sound stupid, but Can i alias a web link to another web link in a UNIX server?
Let say i have a web link named http://test.new.com/wiki
Can i alias that so when i click on it or i type it in the browser address it opens but the link in the browser say something like:... (1 Reply)
HI All,
I have a small question/clarification/doubt . Does anyone know how to provide alias in the mails that come from Unix servers.
Like i have a Unix server that generates status mails every hour for a scheduled job , it sends me mails with status with the ID in from field as... (3 Replies)
Here's my opportunity.... I want to turn off the * expansion, execute the shell script and have it see the arguement with the * and not all the filenames, and then set +f once the script is executed.
1) I have an alias set as follows:
alias scp='set -f; /opt/dir1/dir2/script.sh ; set +f'... (1 Reply)
Hi,
is it normal, that the IP alias (service IP) can't be seen with ifconfig -a , as eth0:1 for example
the IP is on the node, you can ping it, and open ports for that IP
look at this:
# ip addr
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 16436 qdisc noqueue
link/loopback... (4 Replies)
hi to all members in this forums .. Nice to meet you...
i only have a questions about command utility of "dd":
for example i will type:
pico trial
this is my file.
and save it and type chmod a+x trial
can there be a way that instead of typing:
dd if=trial of=trial.copy conv=ucase... (3 Replies)
Being able to mark in an alias definition a point of minimal abbreviation, an old feature of VAX/VMS shell (DCL) would be really nice in modern *nix shells.
In DCL you used to be able to define an alias (in its own weird syntax) which would be something like this:
$ alias fuz*zyanimals="cat... (5 Replies)
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dh_link
DH_LINK(1) Debhelper DH_LINK(1)NAME
dh_link - create symlinks in package build directories
SYNOPSIS
dh_link [debhelperoptions] [-A] [-Xitem] [sourcedestination...]
DESCRIPTION
dh_link is a debhelper program that creates symlinks in package build directories.
dh_link accepts a list of pairs of source and destination files. The source files are the already existing files that will be symlinked
from. The destination files are the symlinks that will be created. There must be an equal number of source and destination files specified.
Be sure you do specify the full filename to both the source and destination files (unlike you would do if you were using something like
ln(1)).
dh_link will generate symlinks that comply with Debian policy - absolute when policy says they should be absolute, and relative links with
as short a path as possible. It will also create any subdirectories it needs to to put the symlinks in.
Any pre-existing destination files will be replaced with symlinks.
dh_link also scans the package build tree for existing symlinks which do not conform to Debian policy, and corrects them (v4 or later).
FILES
debian/package.links
Lists pairs of source and destination files to be symlinked. Each pair should be put on its own line, with the source and destination
separated by whitespace.
OPTIONS -A, --all
Create any links specified by command line parameters in ALL packages acted on, not just the first.
-Xitem, --exclude=item
Exclude symlinks that contain item anywhere in their filename from being corrected to comply with Debian policy.
source destination ...
Create a file named destination as a link to a file named source. Do this in the package build directory of the first package acted on.
(Or in all packages if -A is specified.)
EXAMPLES
dh_link usr/share/man/man1/foo.1 usr/share/man/man1/bar.1
Make bar.1 be a symlink to foo.1
dh_link var/lib/foo usr/lib/foo
usr/share/man/man1/foo.1 usr/share/man/man1/bar.1
Make /usr/lib/foo/ be a link to /var/lib/foo/, and bar.1 be a symlink to the foo.1
SEE ALSO debhelper(7)
This program is a part of debhelper.
AUTHOR
Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
9.20120909 2012-05-15 DH_LINK(1)