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(1) User Commands READLINK(1)NAME
readlink - display value of a symbolic link
SYNOPSIS
readlink [OPTION]... FILE
DESCRIPTION
Display value of a symbolic link on standard output.
-f, --canonicalize
canonicalize by following every symlink in every component of the given name recursively; all but the last component must exist
-e, --canonicalize-existing
canonicalize by following every symlink in every component of the given name recursively, all components must exist
-m, --canonicalize-missing
canonicalize by following every symlink in every component of the given name recursively, without requirements on components exis-
tence
-n, --no-newline
do not output the trailing newline
-q, --quiet,
-s, --silent
suppress most error messages
-v, --verbose
report error messages
--help display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit
AUTHOR
Written by Dmitry V. Levin.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO readlink(2)
The full documentation for readlink is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and readlink programs are properly installed at your
site, the command
info readlink
should give you access to the complete manual.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+--------------------+--------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+--------------------+--------------------+
|Availability | SUNWgnu-coreutils |
+--------------------+--------------------+
|Interface Stability | Uncommitted |
+--------------------+--------------------+
NOTES
Source for GNU coreutils is available on http://opensolaris.org.
readlink 6.7 December 2006 READLINK(1)