The make the /usr/local/bin/makelink file as mentioned above. (If you don't have access permissions, create $HOME/bin and put it in there; change the find command appropriately.)
The missing part in the script should be something like this:
Perl does two substitutions (stuff between s/.../. The first looks for a period NOT preceded by a digit that is followed by a right-bracket. If it finds such a string, it replaces it with [0]. The next looks for a number inside brackets and followed by a period. If it finds such a thing (which it will if the previous step succeeded, or as it must if the previous step failed) it replaces the number found with the next higher number (just adds 1).
The output is sent to the shell which stores that output in the variable "file". The next iteration of the while loop should fail, and then the ln command will do its thing.
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)
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)
I was wondering if it was at all possible to change the timestamp of a soft link. I want to change it to a time in the past before it was created.
Sceanrio:
In a directory i have a number of softlinks whih point to files, a script processes these files oldest first bassed on the time the... (8 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)
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$
Can anyone explain what is the possible use of it. I dont see any except practically wasting an inode... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: brij123
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LEARN ABOUT BSD
ln
LN(1) General Commands Manual LN(1)NAME
ln - make links
SYNOPSIS
ln [ -s ] sourcename [ targetname ]
ln [ -s ] sourcename1 sourcename2 [ sourcename3 ... ] targetdirectory
DESCRIPTION
A link is a directory entry referring to a file; the same file (together with its size, all its protection information, etc.) may have
several links to it. There are two kinds of links: hard links and symbolic links.
By default ln makes hard links. A hard link to a file is indistinguishable from the original directory entry; any changes to a file are
effective independent of the name used to reference the file. Hard links may not span file systems and may not refer to directories.
The -s option causes ln to create symbolic links. A symbolic link contains the name of the file to which it is linked. The referenced
file is used when an open(2) operation is performed on the link. A stat(2) on a symbolic link will return the linked-to file; an lstat(2)
must be done to obtain information about the link. The readlink(2) call may be used to read the contents of a symbolic link. Symbolic
links may span file systems and may refer to directories.
Given one or two arguments, ln creates a link to an existing file sourcename. If targetname is given, the link has that name; targetname
may also be a directory in which to place the link; otherwise it is placed in the current directory. If only the directory is specified,
the link will be made to the last component of sourcename.
Given more than two arguments, ln makes links in targetdirectory to all the named source files. The links made will have the same name as
the files being linked to.
SEE ALSO rm(1), cp(1), mv(1), link(2), readlink(2), stat(2), symlink(2)4th Berkeley Distribution April 10, 1986 LN(1)
01-30-2009
. The first looks for a period NOT preceded by a digit that is followed by a right-bracket. If it finds such a string, it replaces it with [0]. The next looks for a number inside brackets and followed by a period. If it finds such a thing (which it will if the previous step succeeded, or as it must if the previous step failed) it replaces the number found with the next higher number (just adds 1).