Questions tagged [ln]
ln is the Unix utility for creating filesystem links.
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ln: failed to create hard link | No such file or directory - Even when file exists
Running Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS using a Samba share (Version 4.17.12-Debian) running on Proxmox.
The command: ln "/mnt/drive/downloads/movie.mkv" "/mnt/drive/movies/movie/movie.mkv"
The ...
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Symbolic Link not working in sub-directory?
Newbie here. I was learning about ln command. So I created a symlink to a file foo.txt inside another directory bar.
ln -s foo.txt bar
When I try to access bar/foo.txt, I get the error "Too many ...
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How to create symbolic link relative to the other symbolic link?
I have following directory tree
/
|-- server
| |-- cstrike
| | | |-- hltv -> ../../hltv
| |-- [other files]
|-- 27015
| |-- hltv
| |-- server -> ../server
|-- 27016
| |-- hltv
| ...
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On which computer are mounted files executed?
This could be a few questions, but I feel it's a similar issue. On which computer are mounted executable files executed? And does this change with like sshfs, nfs, or ln? Like if you have a storage ...
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Create symlink to the final target of another symlink
Suppose a have a symlink named A
If I execute this:
ln A B -s
then B points to A, having created a chain of symlinks: B->A->some
Is there any option for ln to link directly to the final target, ...
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Copy relative links to absolute links
Given a directory /path/to/files that contains many relative links along the lines of foo -> ../other/data/foo, how do I copy the links in files/ to be absolute path links on /mydata/path/
I ...
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How do I install Wine on a seperate drive?
I have very limited space on my laptop, and Wine once fully installed, is almost 1GB in size, and I simply don't have space, and cant free up space.
Is there anyway that I could make use of symbolic ...
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Creating a symlink or alias that point to current user´s home sub-folder
Is it possible to create, using terminal on a mac, for a mac, a symlink or an alias to ANY currently logged in user of a mac?
This symlink/alias is to be included as a "drop destination" for a ...
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Unlink (remove) directory symlink
I did:
ln -s /DATA/ ./base_DATA/
and I'd like to unlink. Simply:
unlink ./base_DATA
but... unlink: cannot unlink './base_DATA': Is a directory
According to this answer (and many other online) the ...
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Remove hard link when target is locked by system process
I've created a hard link (not symbolic link) Arial.ttf in my user directory using the Git for Windows GNU tool ln.exe and Bash. The link points to the system font C:\Windows\Fonts\arial.ttf.
ln /c/...
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How to create symbolic links in /usr/bin on a Mac?
Environment: OSX Sierra, Darwin Kernel Version 16.3.0
Root Problem: I want to use a bunch of shell scripts in a central repository, which have a #!/usr/bin/zsh. On my Mac, the zsh is in /bin/zsh.
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Symbolic linking in Terminal (What am I doing wrong?)
I want to create symbolic links for all files in a folder parent/target/. I want the links to be in the folder parent/destination/. My working directory is parent/ for the following terminal output ...
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OS X - ln -s on a directory in ~ shows strange behaviour
I'm currently setting up my new system (OS X) and trying to link ~/Git/ to /Library/WebServer/Documents/, so that I can access all my git repositories via 127.0.0.1. However, that doesn't work as ...
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Find all files matching desription and create hard link in directory
I would like to find all .mkv files in my download directory and create a hard link to them in my /movies/ directory.
Here’s what I have so far:
for i in `find /download/ -name *.mkv`; do ln "$i" /...
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Ignoring 'ln' errors in Vagrant provisioning
I'm using a shell script in my Vagrantfile to create a symlink for Node.js (in a Ubuntu VM):
ln -s /usr/bin/nodejs /usr/bin/node
That works fine when I call vagrant up for the first time, but when I ...
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