Questions tagged [symbolic-link]
A symbolic link ("symlink") is a reference to a file or folder which may exist on the same or another drive in the system. Symbolic links allow users to create a more logical file layout, when the files themselves may be spread across multiple disks or relocated to more convenient locations.
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Create a symbolic link on a networked drive
I'm trying to create a symbolic link on a networked drive that's mounted at login when my PC connects to a VPN.
I'm getting the following error:
I've come across this thread but it wasn't of much ...
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looking for list of symlinks in Dropbox folder - find syntax not working
I am trying to move my Dropbox folder from an External Drive to a different External Drive. I was getting error messages that files couldn't be moved and according to Dropbox tech support it's ...
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unable to execute: Too many levels of symbolic links
By mistake, I executed these commands :
sudo ln -sf bash /bin/sh
sudo ln -sf bash /bin/bash
When I rebooted the Linux server in recovery mode I got this message:
init : Failed to spawn friendly-...
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Windows 10 mklink Program Files folder
I want to create a symbolic link with the mklink command so that when I need to reinstall my OS (Which happens frequently (And this morning)) I only need to format the partition that Windows 10 is ...
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Problems creating symbolic links on Mac
I am experiencing strange behavior on my Mac. When I create a symbolic link with command ln -s nothing happens and when I do listing a directory no symbol link appears. So I tried creating the ...
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Intel icc breaks gcc with math.h on linux
I installed Intel's compilers and applications bundled with their Parallel Studio the other day and I cannot compile without using icc. When using gcc, clang or mpicc, I get the following error:
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exe file referencing windows symlinks
I'm using an exe file that references other folders in the current directory, if I create a symlink to the parent folder everything works fine.
When I create individual symlinks for the child folders,...
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Suppress output of MKLINK /J?
I am looking to have a batch file, where it suppresses the mklink output. I do not want the user to see the path.
I was able to do this with > nul and robocopy.
mklink /J "newpath" "originalpath"
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Creating Symbolic Link to directory with spaces in name
Trying to create a symbolic link to a directory on networked computer. The directory has a space in the name.
This works fine:
mklink /d "C:\Jobs" "\\BECFILESERVER01\Documents\Jobs"
but I want my ...
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rsync follow links and and use recreate path of the file the link points to in dest
I have a directory of symlinks A/ pointing to actual files in dir contents/.
Symlinks in A/ can be deleted but files in contents/ are never deleted.
For example
A/ looks like:
A/
--B/
--link1 -...
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mkdir in symbolic link to windows mount points to own directory
I'm currently using Windows Subsystem for Linux to run my linux programs, whilst configuring my home directory I decided to link my Windows Documents folder in it to easily access my data.
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How do I change the Dropbox (for Business) location on a headless Linux server
Im trying to adjust the path Dropbox syncs to on a headless installation. I use a Synology, so there`s no way to connect a monitor.
By default Dropbox syncs all data in /root/Dropbox (Company_name). ...
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Linux symlinks to directories
I created a symlink in my home folder to another directory:
$ pwd
/home/user1
$ ln -s /usr/local/dir/ shortcut
$ ls -l
................................... shortcut -> /usr/local/dir/
$ cd shortcut
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Why symlinks can slowdown git?
I keep my current working project on SSD drive but git folder inside is symlinked from another (encrypted) disk with mklink /J /D.
SmartGit warned me that using symlinked git folder may have a ...
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Compress symbolic links on Windows 10
Using Windows 10. I have a directory with some symbolic links (or "soft links" or symlinks, if you prefer). The symlinked files/folders were created using
mklink [/d]
commands. I want to compress ...
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Enable symlink for nginx config files
I have NGINX running on CentOS7. And I would like to share the /etc/nginx directory between Linux and Windows.
The reason is that, I don't want to access the file every time I need to change/add ...
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Is there any way to mirror "overlay icons" onto a symbolic/junction link folder and all it's files?
I have an issue where Dropbox decided to rename my Dropbox folder from Dropbox/ to Dropbox (Personal)/, but I have way too many paths setup to the original Dropbox folder to where this change has ...
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How to separately count number of files, directories, symbolic links and hard links within a single find run?
To check a successfull migration I'm using find to count the number of files, directories, symbolic links and files with more than one hard link. As the directories to check contain a huge number of ...
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Got a new hard drive, old one is dying - can Windows tell me when I'm writing or reading from the old one with symlinks?
Bear with me, as this is a little convoluted. I have a 1 tb hard drive that I've been using for over 6 years with most of my, let's just say, 'entertainment' of various sorts being written to and read ...
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Symbolic links vs Junction vs Mapped drive
I want to know what the 'proper' way to have files always be connected and available for use that are on a network drive.
I have a problem with Quickbooks (badly developed, I must say) where it gives ...
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Vim doesn't highligh syntax of links
I have a markdown file with the .md extension as "Personal Note.md".
I make a symbolik (soft) link of it by ln -s command in Linux as "Note".
I open the link with vim, it successfully traces the ...
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Cannot access a remote share which in itself is a symlink to a remote share
I have this scenario:
Domain A:
A file server provided by a third party, which provides a volume available thru CIFS. This file server does not have an external IP address. permissions are set to ...
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Windows symlink to executable - does not open by double click
On Windows 7 I created a symbolic link to an executable using:
mklink Test.exe C:\Path\to\source.exe
But when I try to run it by double clicking on it, i get the "open with" dialog.
Running it from ...
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Symlink prompting “Open with” [duplicate]
I can create a symlink:
> mklink bravo.png alfa.png
symbolic link created for bravo.png <<===>> alfa.png
However this is on a virtual machine. For some reason if I create one on ...
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following another user's symlink
How does one traverse a symlink owned by another user?
On my ubuntu box, I have a symlink:
root@anonymous:/var/tmp# ls -l
total 24
lrwxrwxrwx 1 lab lab 26 Dec 15 18:27 blank.zip -> /home/...
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Symbolic link to other device
If I have a symbolic link in a directory on a physical drive that points to tmpfs RAM partition, and I write to the symbolic link will the physical experience an writing?
I'm going to being down a ...
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Possible to use a symlink, junction, or similar to make one folder mirrored to multiple locations on Windows?
I have surveillance camera software that saves to a particular directory on a PC. I'd like to be able to somehow make any files saved to this folder simultaneously save to both the original folder, ...
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Wget doen't work in /etc/cron.d/ using symlink? (I have a Raspberry Pi)
I have a cronfile in /home/pi/path/ and made a symlink into /etc/cron.d/cron_some_file. I want to update the cron file automatically (I want to make changes from the server so I won't have to access ...
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Symlink for one process
I have a program which expects a legacy sound device (oss) to be present (/dev/dsp).
The system I'm working have several of these present (/dev/dspX).
How would I go about creating a program / ...
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Creating symlink for a file on Windows 7 gives error
I want to create symlink to a file using the command prompt on Windows 7. The file is located on E partition and i want the link to be on C partition. I tried this command:
C:\>mklink /d c:\11.txt ...
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when using rsync --copy-links, rsync ignores symlink name changes
We're using symlinks to create "virtual" folder/file trees using content from all over the disk. In essence we have a mess and a script will create an organized file tree by creating symlinks to those ...
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Search path of symlink's source file
I have my main script which sources a bash file in the same folder:
$ cd
$ mkdir mysrc && cd mysrc
$ echo -e 'MY_LIB_NB=123987' > mylib.sh
$ echo -e '#!/usr/bin/env bash\nsource mylib....
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Deleting Ubuntu folder symlink deletes target folder's contents when done via OSX & Samba
I have a problem where deleting a folder symlink on a mounted Samba share also deletes the target folder's contents when accessed from my Macbook. This is actually a problem I have had for many years, ...
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Why does $0=/bin/foo when /bin is a symlink
I installed my bash scripts into /usr/bin/app.sh and /usr/bin/lib.sh
app.sh includes
source "/usr/bin/lib.sh"
and lib.sh includes
if [ "/usr/bin/app.sh" == "$0"] ...
When I run app.sh from the ...
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How can I create symbolic links in Windows 8.1 without an admin command prompt?
I am hoping that someone can correct me where I'm going wrong when trying to create a symbolic link in Windows 8.1 without having to run cmd.exe as administrator.
Whenever I try to create a symlink ...
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Can not open a file when traversing a symlinked directory
Nginx is failing to start with the following error:
nginx: [emerg] ModSecurityConfig in /usr/local/server/nginx/conf/nginx.conf:133: Cannot open config file: /usr/local/server/nginx/conf/../base/base....
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Installing Dropbox locally with home directory on NFS
I'm in a shared compute environment at work, and for good reason IT doesn't want my Dropbox folder to be on the NFS.
My Ubuntu desktop's home drive (/homes/mylastname) is on NFS, but I have fast ...
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is there a way to create symbolic link between folders in linux that works in windows also?
I have created a link to folder in unix using ln -s command.. but if I copy the folder structures to windows box the same does not work in windows. is there a way to achieve symbolic/hard links ...
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Restore program files on Symbolic Linked OS with Junction?
Is there a way to restore Windows Registry, Paths and confguration if I have a NTFS-Junction link to Program Files, Program Files (x86), ProgramData and Users?
I'm wondering if I can fully restore my ...
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hotplug script in Tomato Shibby
I use Advanced Tomato on my Asus RT-AC68R/U. This is Shibby Tomato with some GUI modification only. I want to connect via USB measuring unit and create for it dedicated, unique device. At this moment,...
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Is it safe to delete dead symlinks on OS/X?
Running a routine check on OS/X:
sudo find -L / -type l
reveals a lot of broken symbolic links. Many of them are in /Library or ~/Library. Quite some there in application settings.
Is it safe to ...
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Rsync copy symlinks and exclude subfolder
I'm trying to use rsync to copy a directory recursively, and copying symlinks referent. I also want to exclude certain directories that are located within the symlink. This is the part that's not ...
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On MAC OS, if I want to save a file to folder B, but point it to folder A, what should I do?
I'm not sure what title to give to this question, but what I want is: when I save a file to folder A, it will automatically save it to folder B, and delete it from folder A, what should I do to make ...
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Google Drive and Local Directories in Mac OS X
I want to create a symbolic link between local directories and my Google drive. In other words, I don't want to synchronize it by hand. If there is a change in the directory, it should synchronize it ...
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Tried to delete symbolic link on WSL from Explorer, now cannot delete
I was trying to delete a symbolic link from /usr/local/bin from Explorer (I'm using WSL), and now I can't delete it at all. When I try to delete it from CMD or Bash, it says "Permission denied." When ...
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Symbolic Link File Information via Command Line on Windows
Is there any way to grab symbolic file information (or metadata?) via Command Line tool on Windows like that:
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Creating Symbolic Links in Cyberduck?
With SFTP, Cyberduck supports creating a symlink by right clicking a file or folder, and selecting create symlink. This then creates a symlink in the same folder as the file/folder you're linking to. ...
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Can i use hard or symbolic links on a DVD which needs to be Mac and Windows readable?
I'm producing a DVD and want to try to save some space to fit it onto a single-layer disk rather than dual-layer. There are a lot of repeated files on there and it occurred to me that I could have a "...
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Make program able to run from terminal command
Having program in /home/user/Downloads/program/main
I can launch it by following command cd /home/user/Downloads/program && ./main or from GUI.
What I want is to launch it from terminal by ...
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How to use test -h or test -L on OSX?
I'm trying to detect in a shell script if a file is a symlink pointing to a directory. This is what I'm doing:
if [[ -L "$out_dir" && -d "$out_dir" ]]
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echo "Dir is a symlink"
else
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