Given an absolute or relative path (in a Unix-like system), I would like to determine the full path of the target after resolving any intermediate symlinks. Bonus points for also resolving ~username notation at the same time. If the target is a directory, it might be possible to chdir() into the directory and then call … Read more
Closed. This question does not meet Stack Overflow guidelines. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it’s on-topic for Stack Overflow. Closed 8 years ago. Improve this question Below is my code for creating a symlink of a directory: sudo ln -s /usr/local/nginx/conf/ /etc/nginx I already created … Read more
I’m trying to check if a symlink exists in bash. Here’s what I’ve tried. mda=/usr/mda if [ ! -L $mda ]; then echo “=> File doesn’t exist” fi mda=”/usr/mda” if [ ! -L $mda ]; then echo “=> File doesn’t exist” fi However, that doesn’t work. If ‘!’ is left out, it never triggers. And … Read more
Is my best be going to be a shell script which replaces symlinks with copies, or is there another way of telling Git to follow symlinks? PS: I know it’s not very secure, but I only want to do it in a few specific cases. 14 Answers 14
Can PowerShell 1.0 create hard and soft links analogous to the Unix variety? If this isn’t built in, can someone point me to a site that has a ps1 script that mimics this? This is a necessary function of any good shell, IMHO. 🙂 11 Answers 11
Our developers use a mix of Windows and Unix-based OSes. Therefore, symbolic links created on Unix machines become a problem for Windows developers. In Windows (MSysGit), the symbolic link is converted to a text file with a path to the file it points to. Instead, I’d like to convert the symbolic link into an actual … Read more
I’m trying to find all of the symlinks within a directory tree for my website. I know that I can use find to do this but I can’t figure out how to recursively check the directories. I’ve tried this command: find /var/www/ -type l … and later I discovered that the contents in /var/www are … Read more
Recently I was asked this during a job interview. I was honest and said I knew how a symbolic link behaves and how to create one, but do not understand the use of a hard link and how it differs from a symbolic one. 25 s 25 Underneath the file system, files are represented by … Read more
I have a symlink to an important directory. I want to get rid of that symlink, while keeping the directory behind it. I tried rm and get back rm: cannot remove ‘foo’. I tried rmdir and got back rmdir: failed to remove ‘foo’: Directory not empty I then progressed through rm -f, rm -rf and … Read more
If I have a file or directory that is a symbolic link and I commit it to a Git repository, what happens to it? I would assume that it leaves it as a symbolic link until the file is deleted and then if you pull the file back from an old version it just creates … Read more
