I suspect odashe is right and you have two actual directories, not 1 directory and one link.
in case you have /oracle/dir1/sapdataA as a real directory and want to create a link named sapdata1 type:
This would yield the desired (?) result as in: the output you stated to want to get. In case you already have a directory /.../sapdata1 this will of course fail as the directory already exists. The link creates basically a directory entry saying "this is me, over there". Similarily for files, etc.
I want to link directory to another directory
pls confirm whether i am doing correct or not
I want to link test directory to another hist directory
/users/test/
ln -s /users/hist
pl confirm (1 Reply)
Is it possible to create a Filesystem with the mount point over an existing Directory, without loosing the data in the Directory?
eg:-
/u01 -> /pmmpd/u01 (Directory with soft link)
/pmmpd/u01 (Need to create this filesystem, without loosing data)
Thanks
TheDoc (0 Replies)
Hi,
In root folder there is one directory "/usr/sap/P38/TRX00/index" as the data is going to increase so to aviod root fs become 100% full ,we have to create one soft link that would point to another point mount created with on same disk ultimatly that New Fs(/test) will store data instead of... (2 Replies)
Hi Experts,
Is there any way to link the contents (subdirectories/files) of a existing directory A to another existent directory B..
The relative path of /root/Directory A/
Directory A
|__ Subdirectory A1
|__File A
|__File B
|__ Subdirectory A2
|__File A
... (6 Replies)
Hi All,
I have directory "A" on server "1".
I also have directory "B" on Server "2"
I need to link these 2 directories "A" and "B" which are across servers.
Is it possible?
If so, can somebody help me on this?
Thanks in advance.
Mugundan (2 Replies)
Is it possible to Hard link a directory? Some people on google say it is possible and some say it is not possible. I haven't seen a working solution though. (3 Replies)
Hi ,
i am trying to make a symbolic link for an existing directory, but i am facng some problems regarding the usage of command.
If there is no directory i can make a symbolic link, but for an existing directory i am not able to.
can anyone post me the exact usage if we already have the... (1 Reply)
Hi,
Can anyone please advise why the following is not working as I expected it to be?
Test script as below:
#!/bin/ksh
for checkdir in dir*
do
echo "Checking ${checkdir}"
if ; then
echo "... ${checkdir} is a directory"
elif Output from sample run as below:
$:... (8 Replies)
Hi All,
Recently I came to know my / root file system is getting full because of application directory /siebel/
I have one option.
1) Down the application , take full backup
2)change the filesystem ownership
2)copy the contents into that filesystem
cp -pr /siebel/* /siebelfs/*
3)Inform... (9 Replies)
Discussion started by: Thala
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LEARN ABOUT ULTRIX
ln
ln(1) General Commands Manual ln(1)Name
ln - link to a file
Syntax
ln [ -f ] [ -i ] [ -s ] name1 [name2]
ln [ -f ] [ -i ] [ -s ] name ... directory
Description
A link is a directory entry referring to a file. A file, together with its size and all its protection information may have several links
to it. There are two kinds of links: hard links and symbolic links.
By default makes hard links. A hard link to a file is indistinguishable from the original directory entry. Any changes to a file are
effective independent of the name used to reference the file. Hard links may not span file systems and may not refer to directories.
Given one or two arguments, creates a link to an existing file name1. If name2 is given, the link has that name. The name2 may also be a
directory in which to place the link. Otherwise it is placed in the current directory. If only the directory is specified, the link is
made to the last component of name1.
Given more than two arguments, makes links to all the named files in the named directory. The links made have the same name as the files
being linked to.
Options-f Forces existing destination pathnames to be removed before linking without prompting for confirmation.
-i Write a prompt to standard output requesting information for each link that would overwrite an existing file. If the response from
standard input is affirmative, and if permissions allow, the link is done. The -i option has this effect even if the standard input is
not a terminal.
-s Creates a symbolic link.
A symbolic link contains the name of the file to which it is linked. The referenced file is used when an operation is performed on
the link. A on a symbolic link returns the linked-to file. An must be done to obtain information about the link. The call may be
used to read the contents of a symbolic link. Symbolic links may span file systems and may refer to directories.
See Alsocp(1), mv(1), rm(1), link(2), readlink(2), stat(2), symlink(2)ln(1)