Symbolic link or symlink is a special type of file that contains a reference to another file or directory as an absolute or relative path. For most operations, symbolic links are transparent and the read or write operations on symbolic link files are redirected to actual files i.e the files that ...
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How do I symlink certain directories in /home to an SSD?
In Is a 40GB SSD practical to use for ' / ' Jorge describes how he symlinks things in his /home that would benefit from being on an SSD. How is this done?
I've figured that I need to do the ...
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Does Ubuntu One follow symlinks if synchronizing a folder?
I've looked for this question and haven't gotten a reasonable answer yet. If I synchronize a folder will it synchronize a symlink? Will it process all the way through the link to all the files within ...
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Symbolic links vs Hard links [duplicate]
I just read the manpage for symlinks, but I still dont get it ... so hardlinks are pointers to the file/dir. Then symlink is a pointer to a pointer? Whats the use of a symlink then? Why/when should I ...
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What in /home would benefit from being on an SSD?
In Is a 40GB SSD practical to use for ' / ' Jorge describes how he symlinks directories in his /home that would benefit from being on an SSD. The directories he names are
~/.cache
~/.config
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How to create a soft or symbolic link?
I am installing p4v in /opt, but /usr/bin is on my path. Is it possible to create a soft or symbolic link for p4v from /opt to /usr/bin, so I can just type "p4v" since /usr/bin is in my path?
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What is the difference between a hard link and a symbolic link?
As the title says, I would like to know the difference between a hard link and a soft link created by the command ln. The command man ln does provide information, but does not sufficiently answer my ...
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How to sync folders on different partitions (symlink?)
I use Ubuntu One to synch my home/Documents folder among more computers. On a portable tablet I have set the Documents folder in a separate Fat32 partition named sda6, and I made it default documents ...
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How to expand encrypted /home to second internal drive?
I have a huge number of photos, and I want to move just my /Pictures folder to a second SATA drive in my computer for performance reasons. I want everything to work as it is now, except that /Pictures ...
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What is different symbolic link with hard link after unlik?
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#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>
void main(){
link("foo", "bar");
unlink("foo");
if(open("bar", 1) < 0)
printf("open error\n");
else
...
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Changing symlinks does not work for directories
In order to change a symbolic link, one can use the -fs option to eliminate the need to unlink or delete the old link first. However, trying to do so on directories does not seem to work:
$ mkdir ...
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How can I stop Nautilus from dereferencing symlinks?
I use symbolic links to tidy my home folder. This works well in the terminal, since the links create the illusion of normal folders:
In Nautilus, however, the links behave more like Windows ...
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How do I deal with too many levels of symbolic links?
I'm using Ubuntu Live USB to access my windows files, I'd like to perform a complete, file by file, backup of the Windows C: Drive.
Since I want everything backed up, I'm doing a copy and paste. Copy ...
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Is there a difference between a symbolic link via terminal or right-click make link?
Title says all. I'm wondering if there is a difference between going to a terminal and typing "ln -s path 'path" or just right clicking on something and selecting make link.
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I think “/lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build” points to incorrect folder
I compile/create my own deb packages of kernel with:
make-kpkg --rootcmd fakeroot --initrd --append-to-version=$version --revision=1 kernel_image kernel_headers
But when I install both packages, in ...
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Can I synchronize links with Ubuntu One? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Does Ubuntu One follow symlinks if synchronizing a folder?
I am synchronizing a folder with Ubuntu One containing subdirectories. Let's say the structure is the ...
