symlink

Package: WA2L/edrc 1.5.57
Section: General Commands (1)
Updated: 07 March 2010
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NAME

symlink - create symlink link -> original

SYNOPSIS

edrc/bin/symlink [ -h ]

symlink [ -l ] original link

AVAILABILITY

WA2L/edrc

DESCRIPTION

the symlink command is used to create a symbolic link to an original destination, basically as the ' ln -s original link ' command does.

If the link item already exists, it is removed prior to the symbolic link creation. To avoid data deletion, the -l switch can be used to ensure, that the link already exists and is also a symbolic link.

The main purpose of symlink is to toggle a symbolic link from one to the other original.

If an existing symbolic link is replaced, the replacement is created with the identical owner and group, as the existing link was. If a new symbolic link is created, the owner and group of the new symbolic link is set as the item it is pointing to. A new standalone symbolic link, or if the user using the symlink command is not allowed to set the user and group memberships, the new symbolic link is created with the owner-ships of the creating user.

OPTIONS

-h

usage message.

-l

link must be an existing symbolic link. If it isn't an existing symbolic link, it will not be removed.

original

original file.

link

symbolic link.

ENVIRONMENT

EXIT STATUS

0

no error.

1

cannot remove existing symlink.

2

link does not exist or is not a symlink.

3

cannot create symlink.

4

usage printed.

FILES

EXAMPLES

NOTES

BUGS

AUTHOR

symlink was developed by Christian Walther. Send suggestions and bug reports to wa2l@users.sourceforge.net .

COPYRIGHT

This is free software; see edrc/doc/COPYING for copying conditions. There is ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

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