UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi

there is a file 'linkk' and i have created a softlink for it in another directory.

Code:

 
$ pwd
/home/guest/khare
 
$ ln -s linkk /home/guest/khare/AWK/done

now under AWk dir i can see that the softlink is created.

Code:

 
$ pwd
/home/guest/khare/AWK
$ ls -lrt *done
lrwxr-xr-x  1 khare  guest  5 Apr 22 14:25 done -> linkk
$

now my ques here is , suppose if someone login to system and see this softlink and if he want to know the actual path of the softlink then how would he figure it out ?

my second question is
is there any way in which we can mentioned or pass the original path of the file while creating the softlink ?

Regards,
Scriptor

1. $pwd/linkk
2. ln -s /home/guest/khare/AWK/linkk /home/guest/khare/AWK/done

The same way the OS figures to which the OS figures out which file the link points to: it is stated in the command you use when creating the link. Suppose you create the link:

Code:

ln -s ./a ../b

You create a link named "a" in the current directory linking to a file named "b" located in the directory above. Exactly this - "../b" - will show up in the directory listing.

Notice, though, that a link destination does not have to exist when the link is created. In the above example, if "../b" does not exist the link will still be created and if later on "../b" is indeed created "./a" would still point to it.

See above: yes, actually you have to.

I hope this helps.

bakunin