Top "Symlink" questions

Behavior of cd/bash on symbolic links

Assume I have the folders ~/a/b in my home folder, and the folder b contains a symbolic link to …

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JAVA how to find the target file path that a symbolic link points to?

Good morning all, I'm trying to find a way in Java to figure out the file path that a symbolic …

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Replace important symbolic link ‘safely’

I would like to change the target of symbolic link from within a bash script. The problem is that the …

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Virtualenv not creating an environment

I installed Virtualenv on Ubuntu 12.04 and was using it to work on a sample project under the unity desktop. I'm …

python virtualenv virtualbox symlink shared-directory

Can not start mysql if the datadir is set to soft link

Currently I met a mysql start issue and couldn't figure what happen here. if the datadir set in /var/lib/…

mysql symlink my.cnf

How do i commit a windows symlink into Git

I have added a windows (window 7) symlink to my codebase ("foo" -> \\server\foo). I have a large set …

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Symbolic links in TFS 2010 Source Control?

As far as I know, Team Foundation Server 2010's source control (and prior versions) doesn't support linking (Symbolic links) of …

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git assume unchanged vs skip worktree - ignoring a symbolic link

I have a problems with a git repository and windows. The problem is that the git repository has a linux …

git symlink git-index

Launching a python script via a symbolic link

I have an executable python script that exists in a "scripts" directory, and there's a symbolic link to that script (…

python linux symlink getcwd

Soft link in Mercurial

Is there some equivalent in Mercurial to NIX soft- or hard- links to directories or files. Basically that a file (…

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