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Old 04-29-2011
Symbolic link for an existing directory

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 directory
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Old 04-29-2011
Could you please show what command you entered and what error you got? Please use [code] and [/code] tags when doing so, thanks.

Just in case: You can't create a hardlink for a directory. Creating a hardlink is being done with leaving out the -s switch in the ln command.
You might want to try to create a softlink which as no problems with that:
Code:
ln -s /my/existing/directory thisismylink

 
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