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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Deleting Symbolic and/or Hard links Post 302408628 by cue on Tuesday 30th of March 2010 05:34:30 AM
Old 03-30-2010
thanks ktrimu and amitranjansahu
this is what I thought. it should mean that the hardlink and original file are exactly the same just named differently or in another directory, which means I can delete either one and I will suffer no data loss until all pointers to the file are deleted, but then why are hard links considered dangerous? I remember reading that they should be avoided but I see no reason why. do you know what I should watch out for?
 

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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
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SEE ALSO

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