05-28-2008
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1. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
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:... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: penguin-friend
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2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi All,
Can any one please explain me what is the difference between hard link and soft link in UNIX.
Thanks in advance
Raja Chokalingam. (2 Replies)
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3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
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.
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4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
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
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5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
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)
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6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
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)
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi ,
When installing oracle software a set of directories are created under
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Since the home directory is usually not big , i would like to create a soft link
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
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 .
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
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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10. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Hi All,
I tried creating a soft link with the file itself. It got created successfully.
bash-3.2$ ls -l a
lrwxrwxrwx 1 ebrigup other 1 Oct 5 19:14 a -> a
bash-3.2$
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stl_inv(4) Kernel Interfaces Manual stl_inv(4)
NAME
stl_inv - setld inventory file format
DESCRIPTION
Each software product that is distributed as subsets for the setld(8) command has an associated inventory file. This inventory file is
created by the kits(1) utility. The inventory file's name consists of the product's unique 3-letter name with the string .inv for a suf-
fix. The inventory file contains one record for each subset in the kit. Each record contains the following twelve fields in order, sepa-
rated by TAB characters:
Flags The per-file software management flag, a 16-bit unsigned integer
Size The actual number of bytes in the file
Checksum The modulo-65536 checksum of the file. Hard links, directories, FIFOs, and sockets have 00000 in this field.
uid The user ID of the file's owner
gid The group ID of the file's owner
Mode The 6-digit octal representation of the file's mode
Date The file's last modification date
Revision The version code of the product that includes the file
Type A letter that describes the file:
b Block device
c Character device
d Directory containing one or more files
f Regular file. For regular files with a link count greater than one, see file type l.
l Hard link. There are other files in the same inventory which have the same inum. The first of these files in ASCII collating
sequence is listed in the referent field.
p Named pipe (FIFO)
s Symbolic link
= UNIX domain socket
Pathname The dot-relative (./) pathname of the file
Link-to For file types l and s, the path to which the file is linked; for types b and c, an integer representing the major and minor num-
bers of the device; for all other types, none
Subset name
The name of the subset containing the file
RESTRICTIONS
Fields must be separated by TAB characters.
RELATED INFORMATION
Commands: setld(8)
Functions: stat(2)
Documents: Guide to Preparing Product Kits delim off
stl_inv(4)