Hi all!
I'd like to know the differences between hard links and soft links. I've already read the ln manpage, but i'm not quite sure of what i understood.
Does a hard link sort of copy the file to a new name, give it the same inode number and same rights?
What exactly should I do to do this:
I'm replacing the /usr/bin/passwd by /usr/bin/npasswd on over 400 servers. I did a ls -li on /usr/bin/passwd and came up with 5 same inodes, on of 'em being /usr/bin/chfn.
I read the man page on chfn, it's a hard link to passwd.
After moving /usr/bin/chfn to chfn.old, is this syntax correct ( for a hard link?):
Code:
$ ln /usr/bin/npasswd /usr/bin/chfn
Thanx for the help....
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I am curious about one thing.
Lets say I have a file file-a to which new generations are created on demand by simply archiving it (ex: file-a.tar.gz) and having the new one created with the same original filename file-a.
Now what I want to know is if I create a hard/soft link to file-a, what... (1 Reply)
hello folks
how y'all doin
well i have some questions about symbolic link and hard link
hope some one answer me
i open terminal and join as root
and i wrote ln -s blah blah
then i wrote ls
i see red file called blah blah
but didn't understand what is this can some one explain and... (2 Replies)
Hi
PLease let me know the usage of Hard Link vs Soft Link
i.e what is the basic difference and what happens when one file is changed or deleted in both the cases???
thanks (3 Replies)
Hi Experts,
Please help me out to find out difference between a hard link and a soft link.
I am new in unix plz help me with some example commands ( for creating such links).
Regards
S.Kamakshi :) (2 Replies)
Hi,
Can somebody please help me in knowing the difference between soft (Symbolic) link and hard link.
Please explain it in as simple terms as possible.
Kris (4 Replies)
Hi ,
When installing oracle software a set of directories are created under
the home directories.
Since the home directory is usually not big , i would like to create a soft link
from the home directory to mount point with alot of free space , that way the logs will not be wriiten under the... (1 Reply)
hi
i have create a soft link using below command.
ln -s <filename> <dirmane>where file name i use is t1 and dir name was t2.
i deleted the dir t2 using command rm -rf to remove the soft link .
however again i create a file a using the name t2 and when i just try to link t1 to t2 ... (1 Reply)
I did restore from netbackup for root file system on separate slice instead of corrupted one. After restoration I found there are number of soft link issues lie
e.g
libabcxyx > /mnt/usr/lib
it should be
libabcxyz > /usr/lib
does any have solution to change symbolic link changed in... (1 Reply)
can u help me out how change the hooked file below.
VEUEMASTER.txt -> /sbvnj/kfls//VSUE_OBR_MAER.txt.201503230800 (4 Replies)
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LEARN ABOUT OPENSOLARIS
ld
ld(1B) SunOS/BSD Compatibility Package Commands ld(1B)NAME
ld - link editor, dynamic link editor
SYNOPSIS
/usr/ucb/ld [options]
DESCRIPTION
/usr/ucb/ld is the link editor for the BSD Compatibility Package. /usr/ucb/ld is identical to /usr/bin/ld (see ld(1)) except that BSD
libraries and routines are included before the base libraries and routines.
OPTIONS
/usr/ucb/ld accepts the same options as /usr/bin/ld, with the following exceptions:
-Ldir Add dir to the list of directories searched for libraries by /usr/bin/ld. Directories specified with this option are searched
before /usr/ucblib and /usr/lib.
-Y LU,dir Change the default directory used for finding libraries.
This option can have unexpected results, and should not be used.
FILES
/usr/lib
/usr/lib/libx.a
/usr/ucblib
/usr/ucblib/libx.a
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWscpu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO ar(1), as(1), cc(1B), ld(1), lorder(1), strip(1), tsort(1), attributes(5)SunOS 5.11 28 Jun 2007 ld(1B)
03-08-2002
Differences between hard link and soft link
