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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi team, i am writing a purge script to delete softlinks and hardlinks on linux system which are 3/10/30 days old. To test the script i need to create links with old timestamp, i am able to cange timestamp for files but not for links.
i tried touch -h option but this option is not available on... (1 Reply)
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2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hai,
give me a simple example for soft and hard links.
this will work for soft link ?? ln -s (2 Replies)
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3. AIX
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I'm logged in as root in an aix box
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Ksh newbie here, so please bear with me.
I'm currently writing a script that searches through a directory and displays files with multiple hard links. The way I have it set up, is that it displays the i-node number and then each of the link names. In addition to this, I need to know if there... (7 Replies)
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
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I'm trying to create a Makefile that would automate remastering Knoppix distribution.
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7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
From what I understand a symbolic link is alot like a shortcut where it points to another file. if the original file is deleted the symbolic link is rendered useless but a symbolic link can be deleted without any problem.
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8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
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9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
hi, i am in a directory, have 2 files as below
then do a ls -l gives the below
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root system 23 Mar 08 2001 filea -> /adir/filea
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10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi,
what is link? and soft link? how about hard one and symbolic link.
and inode.
i get confuse about this links. could anyone help me with full explainsion?
thks
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