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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers links working system wide Post 1140 by Neo on Saturday 10th of February 2001 03:52:52 PM
Old 02-10-2001
Symbolic links are generally used to link directories and files. However, you do not use them to link to commands with command line switches. For example, these are OK:

Quote:
ln -sf /etc/sendmail.cf /usr/lib/sendmail -cf

ln -sf /usr/bin/ksh /bin/ksh

ln -sf /tmp /newdisk/tmp
The following are not OK:

Quote:
ln -sf "/bin/cp -p" /usr/bin/doit

ln -sf "/bin/ls -la" /usr/bin/list
When we want to do the above, the generally accepted method is to use <B> shell aliases </B> not symlinks.



 

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rebuild-jar-repository

REBUILD-JAR-REPOSI(1)						Java Packages Tools					     REBUILD-JAR-REPOSI(1)

NAME

       rebuild-jar-repository - rebuild a JAR repository

SYNOPSIS

       rebuild-jar-repository [OPTION]... DIRECTORY

DESCRIPTION

       Rebuild a jar repository (built by build-jar-repository) based on the current JVM settings

OPTIONS

       If no option is specified the default action will be to rebuild with symbolic links

       -c, --copy
	   Copy files.

       -h, --hard
	   Create hard links.

       -s, --soft, --symbolic Create symbolic links (default).

EXAMPLES

       rebuild-jar-repository . - This will update all links created by build-jar-repository in the current working directory. Updated links will
       be symbolic links.

       rebuild-jar-repository -h /tmp - This will update all links created by build-jar-repository in the /tmp directory. Updated links will be
       hard links.

AUTHOR

       Written by the JPackage Project (http://www.jpackage.org/).

REPORTING BUGS

       Bugs should be reported through Red Hat Bugzilla at http://bugzilla.redhat.com/.

SEE ALSO

       build-jar-repository(1), build-classpath(1),

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