Top "Symlink" questions

How do I change my pwd to the real path of a symlinked directory?

Here's a rather elementary *nix question: Given the following symlink creation: ln -s /usr/local/projects/myproject/ myproject ... from my …

linux symlink pwd

MAC OSX El Capitan: Airport Sym link not permitted

I tried making a symbolic link to the airport command in MAC OS X El Capitan, using the command: sudo …

symlink osx-elcapitan

symlink-copying a directory hierarchy

What's the simplest way on Linux to "copy" a directory hierarchy so that a new hierarchy of directories are created …

file shell unix directory symlink

ld: library not found for -lgfortran - Mac Symlink issue?

I am trying to install ObsPy with pip. The installation fails on the cc command below: cc -bundle -undefined dynamic_…

symlink gfortran cc

Git reset files with typechange status

When finding and replacing across a large repository, I get a bunch of files with a typechange status. These are …

git symlink

copy the symbolic link in Solaris

I am trying to copy a link on Solaris OS but find that it does not simply copy the link …

solaris symlink copying

PHP dirname returns symlink path

Say I have a symlink from '/one/directory/' to '/two/directory/'. If I echo dirname(dirname(\__…

php symlink dirname

Git: unable to create symlink (File name too long)

I had pushed a project from Linux to Bitbucket and then cloned it on Windows. Turns out there were two …

git bitbucket symlink

npm install errors on vagrant/homestead/windows: EPROTO: protocol error, symlink

I'm building my first project in Laravel and trying to use Elixir, using homestead on Windows 8.1. I've hit the known …

laravel npm symlink homestead

git commit symlink as a regular file

Suppose I have a file fname which is a symlink to a file from some other repository/project, say ../../proj2/…

git symlink