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Operating Systems AIX Symbolic Links Post 81242 by rcarnesiii on Wednesday 17th of August 2005 02:26:05 PM
Old 08-17-2005
Symbolic Links

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 back to the linked_files directory and do an ls -l <file_name> that file shows up. Is this a known problem ? Even if I redo the link the file still appears to be in the real_files directory, the only way to remove the reference (that I've found) is to remove my linked_files directory and then do the link command again.

Thanks
 

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updatehome(1M)						  System Administration Commands					    updatehome(1M)

NAME
updatehome - update the home directory copy and link files for the current label SYNOPSIS
/usr/bin/updatehome [-cirs] DESCRIPTION
updatehome reads the user's minimum-label copy and link-control files (.copy_files and .link_files). These files contain a list of files to be copied and symbolically linked from the user's minimum-label home directory to the user's home directory at the current label. The Solaris Trusted Extensions dtsession program performs an updatehome whenever a newly labeled workspace is created so that the user's favorite files are available for use. For example, the user probably wants a symbolic link to such files as .profile, .login, .cshrc, .exrc, .mailrc, and ~/bin. The updatehome command provides a convenient mechanism for accomplishing this symlink. The user can add files to those to be copied (.copy_files) and to those to be symbolically linked (.link_files). OPTIONS
-c Replace existing home-directory copies at the current label. The default is to skip over existing copies. -i Ignore errors encountered. The default aborts on error. -r Replace existing home-directory copies or symbolic links at the current label. This option implies options -c and -s. The default is to skip over existing copies or symbolic links. -s Replace existing home-directory symbolic links at the current label. The default is to skip over existing symbolic links. EXIT STATUS
Upon success, updatehome returns 0. Upon failure, updatehome returns 1 and writes diagnostic messages to standard error. EXAMPLES
Example 1 A Sample .copy_files File The files that are listed in .copy_files can be modified at every user's label. .cshrc .mailrc .mozilla/bookmarks.html Example 2 A Sample .link_files File The files that are listed in .link_files can be modified at the lowest label. The changes propagate to the other labels that are available to the user. ~/bin .mozilla/preferences .xrc .rhosts Example 3 Updating the Linked and Copied Files The .copy_files and .link_files were updated by the user at the minimum label. At a higher label, the user refreshes the copies and the links. No privileges are required to run the command. % updatehome -r FILES
$HOME/.copy_files List of files to be copied $HOME/.link_files List of files to be symbolically linked ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWtsu | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface Stability |Committed | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
attributes(5) .copy_files and .link_files Files in Solaris Trusted Extensions Administrator's Procedures NOTES
The functionality described on this manual page is available only if the system is configured with Trusted Extensions. SunOS 5.11 20 Jul 2007 updatehome(1M)
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