11-03-2010
gVim on windows 7 64 constantly overwrites symbolic and even hard links
I use sugarsync to sync my vimrc across computers. I keep the _vimrc file in a syncing folder and in my home folder, I have a symbolic link ~\_vimrc pointing to ~\Synced Docs\_vimrc. On my mac I have a .vimrc symbolic link pointing at the _vimrc file. On the pc side, every time I open the _vimrc link and save it, the link gets overwritten with a new _vimrc file. I don't have this problem on the mac with macvim. The mac always respects the link. On the pc, I have even tried a hard link. That still gets overwritten. It's very frustrating. Is this a known problem with gvim that will be fixed? Or is there a fix I could implement on my own?
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link
link(1M) System Administration Commands link(1M)
NAME
link, unlink - link and unlink files and directories
SYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/link existing-file new-file
/usr/xpg4/bin/link existing-file new-file
/usr/sbin/unlink file
DESCRIPTION
The link and unlink commands link and unlink files and directories. Only super-users can use these commands on directories.
Use link to create a new file that points to an existing file. The existing-file and new-file operands specify the existing file and
newly-created files. See OPERANDS.
link and unlink directly invoke the link(2) and unlink(2) system calls, performing exactly what they are told to do and abandoning all
error checking. This differs from the ln(1) command. See ln(1).
While linked files and directories can be removed using unlink, it is safer to use rm(1) and rmdir(1) instead. See rm(1) and rmdir(1).
/usr/xpg4/bin/link
If the existing file being hard linked is itself a symbolic link, then the newly created file (new-file) will be a hard link to the file
referenced by the symbolic link, not to the symbolic link object itself (existing-file).
OPERANDS
The following operands are supported:
existing-file Specifies the name of the existing file to be linked.
file Specifies the name of the file to be unlinked.
new-file Specifies the name of newly created (linked) file.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables that affect the execution of link: LANG, LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE, LC_MES-
SAGES, and NLSPATH.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWcsu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
/usr/xpg4/bin/link
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWxcu4 |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface Stability |Standard |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
ln(1), rm(1), link(2), unlink(2), attributes(5), environ(5), standards(5)
SunOS 5.11 9 Oct 2002 link(1M)