If I understand, the softlink does not point to an existing directory. unlinking the soft link would not affect the directory (in the case it exists) in any way to begin with.
Plus it would be faster if there are lots of files in /EABATCH/ENV/in/migrate to:
which just renames the directory.
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)
Hi guys,
Good day to all. I have a question that how to remove all unavialable soft link in one folder?
Because I moved orginal (source) folder and the soft links which I created have been not available at all. And then how do I remove the soft links in one time?
Any idea?
Thanks &... (3 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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File::Spec::Cygwin - methods for Cygwin file specs
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require File::Spec::Cygwin; # Done internally by File::Spec if needed
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See File::Spec and File::Spec::Unix. This package overrides the implementation of these methods, not the semantics.
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