Hi,
Is there a limit to the number of symbolic links you can have?
I tried to vi the symbolic link relating to a file and got the following error:
"filename" Too many levels of symbolic links
There is only one symbolic link to one file in this case, but there are >2000 other links to... (2 Replies)
Hi,
- we have copy (cp command) to do to save all the contents of a dty BUT we dont want to copy the files corresponding to symbolic links contained whithin this dty
- the box is a sun solaris one - and the cp commande do not say avything about that?
thanks for help
Jakez (7 Replies)
I am linking a directory as follows:
ln -sf /home/xxx/userid/real_files/* /home/xxx/userid/linked_files
This gives me symbolic links for all the files in the real_files directory in the linked_files directory. My question is, if I go and remove a file in the real_files directory and then go... (1 Reply)
Hi Guys...
I want to create a link using ln -s for a directory that does not exist on the box.
How do I do that?
I had some files from Box A directory /d1/u01 and I copied the files across to another Box lets say Box B on directory /d2/u02.
Now I want a link so that this path /d1/u01... (2 Replies)
Hi all,
I have scoured the entire forum for this but to no avail unfortunately. Basically, I would like to remove my symbolic link from my folder name i.e.
foldername -> /a/b/c/d/f
where f is indeed a folder. I have tried rmdir but this does not work and in actual fact deletes the... (4 Replies)
I've just started using UNIX in a Linux vmplayer. I'm trying to run the command:
ln -s `pwd`/$1 `python -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib()"`/$1
in a script from an online tutorial, but I keep getting an error message:
ln: creating symbolic link... (1 Reply)
readlink(2) System Calls readlink(2)NAME
readlink - read the contents of a symbolic link
SYNOPSIS
#include <unistd.h>
ssize_t readlink(const char *restrict path,
char *restrict buf, size_t bufsiz);
DESCRIPTION
The readlink() function places the contents of the symbolic link referred to by path in the buffer buf which has size bufsiz. If the num-
ber of bytes in the symbolic link is less than bufsiz, the contents of the remainder of buf are left unchanged. If the buf argument is not
large enough to contain the link content, the first bufsize bytes are placed in buf.
RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion, readlink() returns the count of bytes placed in the buffer. Otherwise, it returns -1, leaves the buffer
unchanged, and sets errno to indicate the error.
ERRORS
The readlink() function will fail if:
EACCES Search permission is denied for a component of the path prefix of path.
EFAULT path or buf points to an illegal address.
EINVAL The path argument names a file that is not a symbolic link.
EIO An I/O error occurred while reading from the file system.
ENOENT A component of path does not name an existing file or path is an empty string.
ELOOP A loop exists in symbolic links encountered during resolution of the path argument.
ENAMETOOLONG The length of path exceeds {PATH_MAX}, or a pathname component is longer than {NAME_MAX} while _POSIX_NO_TRUNC is in
effect.
ENOTDIR A component of the path prefix is not a directory.
ENOSYS The file system does not support symbolic links.
The readlink() function may fail if:
EACCES Read permission is denied for the directory.
ELOOP More than {SYMLOOP_MAX} symbolic links were encountered in resolving path.
ENAMETOOLONG As a result of encountering a symbolic link in resolution of the path argument, the length of the substituted pathname
string exceeded {PATH_MAX}.
USAGE
Portable applications should not assume that the returned contents of the symbolic link are null-terminated.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface Stability |Standard |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|MT-Level |Async-Signal-Safe |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO stat(2), symlink(2), attributes(5), standards(5)SunOS 5.11 1 Dec 2003 readlink(2)