Top "Symlink" questions

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

Check if a file is real or a symbolic link

Is there a way to tell using C# if a file is real or a symbolic link? I've dug through …

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Modifying a symlink in python

How do I change a symlink to point from one file to another in Python? The os.symlink function only …

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How to get symlink target in Python?

Using Python, I need to check whether hundreds of symlinks are correct and recreate them when not. What I do …

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Does creating a symbolic link to another symbolic link have any side-effects?

Does creating a symlink to another symlink on a linux box have any side effects (specifically in terms of performance)?

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windows symbolic link target

Say that I set up a symbolic link: mklink /D C:\root\Public\mytextfile.txt C:\root\Public\myothertextfile.txt …

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How do you determine using stat() whether a file is a symbolic link?

I basically have to write a clone of the UNIX ls command for a class, and I've got almost everything …

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How do you get PHP, Symlinks and __FILE__ to work together nicely?

On localhost. I have the following directory structure: /share/www/trunk/wp-content/plugins/otherfolders /share/www/portfolio/wp-content/symlink Where …

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How to find all files which are basically soft or hard links of other directories or files on linux?

How could I get the list of all linked files on my system or from a certain directory. I used …

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Find broken symlinks with Python

If I call os.stat() on a broken symlink, python throws an OSError exception. This makes it useful for finding …

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Python os.walk + follow symlinks

How do I get this piece to follow symlinks in python 2.6? def load_recursive(self, path): for subdir, dirs, files …

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