Top "Symlink" questions

Cannot create a symlink inside of /usr/bin even as sudo

When I try to symlink a binary in my /usr/bin folder, I get an Operation not permitted error: sudo …

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Is there a way to edit a symlink without deleting it first?

So I created a symlink: ln -s /location/to/link linkname Now I want to change the location that the …

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Windows 7 Symbolic Link - Cannot create a file when that file already exists

I'm trying to create a symbolic link between two directories. I have a directory called TestDocs and TestDocs2. I will …

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Docker follow symlink outside context

Yet another Docker symlink question. I have a bunch of files that I want to copy over to all my …

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Is there a way to check if there are symbolic links pointing to a directory?

I have a folder on my server to which I had a number of symbolic links pointing. I've since created …

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How to check if a directory/file/symlink exists with one command in Ruby

Is there a single way of detecting if a directory/file/symlink/etc. entity (more generalized) exists? I need a …

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How to find files excluding symbolic links?

I want to find files in Linux that follow a certain pattern but I am not interested in symbolic links. …

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How do you make symbolic links work with a remote mount?

I have two servers, A and B A has two filesystems, /alpha and /beta I have a symbolic link: ln …

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how to find the target file's full(absolute path) of the symbolic link or soft link in python

when i give ls -l /etc/fonts/conf.d/70-yes-bitmaps.conf lrwxrwxrwx <snip> /etc/fonts/conf.d/70-yes-bitmaps.…

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Docker and symlinks

I've got a repo set up like this: /config config.json /worker-a Dockerfile <symlink to config.json> /code /…

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