symlink
How do I change my pwd to the real path of a symlinked directory?
Just use -P (physical) flag: pwd -P cd -P ..
Nginx sites-enabled, sites-available: Cannot create soft-link between config files in Ubuntu 12.04
You need to start by understanding that the target of a symlink is a pathname. And it can be absolute or relative to the directory which contains the symlink Assuming you have foo.conf in sites-available Try cd sites-enabled sudo ln -s ../sites-available/foo.conf . ls -l Now you will have a symlink in sites-enabled called foo.conf … Read more
Apache won’t follow symlinks (403 Forbidden)
Check that Apache has execute rights for /root, /root/site and /root/site/about. Run: chmod o+x /root /root/site /root/site/about You can find a more secure way in Elijah’s answer.
How do I remove a symlink?
Remove it just like you would any other file: rm /usr/lib/libmysqlclient.18.dylib. rm will remove the symlink itself, not the file the link is pointing at.
Can sphinx link to documents that are not located in directories below the root document?
Yes, you can! In lieu of a symlink (which won’t work on Windows), create a stub document that has nothing in it but a .. include:: directive. I ran into this trying to link to a README file that was in the top of the source tree. I put the following in a file called … Read more
symbolic link: find all files that link to this file
It depends, if you are trying to find links to a specific file that is called foo.txt, then this is the only good way: find -L / -samefile path/to/foo.txt On the other hand, if you are just trying to find links to any file that happens to be named foo.txt, then something like find / … Read more
Can you change what a symlink points to after it is created?
Yes, you can! $ ln -sfn source_file_or_directory_name softlink_name
Docker follow symlink outside context
That is not possible and will not be implemented. Please have a look at the discussion on github issue #1676: We do not allow this because it’s not repeatable. A symlink on your machine is the not the same as my machine and the same Dockerfile would produce two different results. Also having symlinks to … Read more
How do I symlink all files from one directory to another in bash? [closed]
ln -s /mnt/usr/lib/* /usr/lib/ I guess, this belongs to superuser, though.