Top "Symlink" questions

Symlink is short for symbolic link (also soft link).

Apache won't follow symlinks (403 Forbidden)

I'm having some trouble setting up Apache on Ubuntu. I've been following this guide. # /usr/sbin/apache2 -v Server version: …

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Can you change what a symlink points to after it is created?

Does any operating system provide a mechanism (system call — not command line program) to change the pathname referenced by a …

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Nginx sites-enabled, sites-available: Cannot create soft-link between config files in Ubuntu 12.04

I am trying to create soft links between config files containing server blocks in the sites-enabled and sites-available directories in /…

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Git Symlinks in Windows

Our developers use a mix of Windows and Unix based OS's. Therefore, symlinks created on Unix machines become a problem …

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How can I get Git to follow symlinks?

Is my best be going to be a shell script which replaces symlinks with copies, or is there another way …

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Nginx not following symlinks

I have installed nginx on Ubuntu 12.04. However, nginx does not seem to follow symlinks. I understand that there is a …

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What is the difference between NTFS Junction Points and Symbolic Links?

At a high level, the only obvious difference between NTFS Junction Points and Symbolic Links is that Junctions are only …

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How do I overcome the "The symbolic link cannot be followed because its type is disabled." error when getting the target of a symbolic link?

Following on from a previous question, I am creating a symbolic link on a Server 2008 from a Vista machine using …

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How do I remove a symlink?

i just created the symlink sudo ln -s /usr/local/mysql/lib/libmysqlclient.18.dylib /usr/lib/libmysqlclient.18.dylib and am …

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symbolic link: find all files that link to this file

Hallo all, I need to do this in linux: Given: file name 'foo.txt' Find: all files that are symbolic …

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