10-24-2001
So one can say that links are shortcuts to files and folders. and is use to ease ones operation?
But is there any differences between hard-link and symbolic link? What does each do?
Thanks
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build-jar-repository
BUILD-JAR-REPOSITORY(1) User Commands BUILD-JAR-REPOSITORY(1)
NAME
build-jar-repository - create a symbolic link to a JAR
SYNOPSIS
build-jar-repository [OPTION]... DIRECTORY... JAR
DESCRIPTION
Build a JAR repository in the named directory by copying files or creating symbolic links
OPTIONS
If no option is specified the default action will be to create symbolic links
-c, --copy
copy files
-h, --hard
create hard links
-p, --preserve-naming
try to preserve the names of the original JAR files (in case of a nested hit the slashes in the path will still be replaced by
underscores)
using this option makes any future automated repository rebuild impossible, and implies -c unless specified otherwise
-s, --soft, --symbolic
create symbolic links (default)
--help
display help text
EXAMPLES
build-jar-repository . jndi
will create a symbolic link to the JNDI JAR in the current working directory
build-jar-repository -h /tmp oro
will create a hard link to the ORO JAR in /tmp
AUTHOR
Written by Nicholas Mailhot and David Walluck
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs using JPackage Bugzilla (http://www.jpackage.org/bugzilla/)
build-jar-repository (jpackage-utils) 1.7.0 March 2006 BUILD-JAR-REPOSITORY(1)