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# 1  
Old 10-25-2008
Symbolic links between directories
Hi all,

lets consider 2 directories test1 and test2. I want to link test2 to point to test1, how do u do this?
# 2  
Old 10-25-2008
You cant...
But you could create a symbolic link in test1 pointing to test2
Or
You would have to remove test1...
# 3  
Old 10-26-2008
Thanks for the info, Smilie

Even i was facing the same issue so i posted it in the forums.

Code:
zer0@testserver: /tmp/test # mkdir 1 2
zer0@testserver: /tmp/test # ln -s 1 2
zer0@testserver: /tmp/test # ll -R
total 0
drwxr-xr-x   2 root       sys             96 Oct 26 10:35 1
drwxr-xr-x   2 root       sys             96 Oct 26 10:36 2

./1:
total 0

./2:
total 0
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root       sys              1 Oct 26 10:36 1 -> 1

Last edited by Scott; 09-25-2013 at 08:08 PM.. Reason: Code tags, please...
# 4  
Old 10-26-2008
You can also create an hard link using ln or bind (using mount --bind)
# 5  
Old 10-27-2008
Code:
ln -s /test2 /test1

 
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