symlink Questions
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Windows 6 (Vista and Server 2008) support proper symbolic links, which can be created via the CreateSymbolicLink function. But there doesn't appear to be a corresponding function for interrogating ...
Altercation asked 21/10, 2008 at 10:38
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Does anyone know of a way to make/read symbolic links across versions of win32 from Python? Ideally there should be a minimum amount of platform specific code, as I need my app to be cross platform...
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Say that I set up a symbolic link:
mklink /D C:\root\Public\mytextfile.txt C:\root\Public\myothertextfile.txt
Editor's note: Option /D - which is for creating directory symlinks - is at odds wit...
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I'm trying to find all of the symlinks within a directory tree for my website. I know that I can use find to do this but I can't figure out how to recursively check the directories.
I've tried thi...
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Is there a way to get the target of a symbolic link using pathlib? I know that this can be done using os.readlink().
I want to create a dictionary composed by links and their target files.
links ...
Uppercase asked 4/1, 2017 at 9:34
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Say I have a path to a file:
/path/to/some/directory/file.ext
In python, I'd like to create a symlink in the same directory as the file, that
points to the file. I'd like to end up with this:
/...
Pineapple asked 20/3, 2012 at 19:33
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I need to create symlinks in frameworks inside an app on OSX (vers 10.10.1). I am outside of XCode as the app is developed in Qt. It provides the frameworks, but they need some retouches to work on...
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Is there a way to tell using C# if a file is real or a symbolic link?
I've dug through the MSDN W32 docs, and can't find anything for checking this. I'm using CreateSymbolicLink from here, and it'...
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I have a symlink to an important directory. I want to get rid of that symlink, while keeping the directory behind it.
I tried rm and get back rm: cannot remove 'foo'.
I tried rmdir and got ba...
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When I create new window/pane in tmux, for example via tmux neww or keybindings prefix+c, prefix+% etc, the new pane gets working directory the same as previous pane, but with dereferenced symbolic...
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I have created linux (Centos) on my virtual box. When I ssh to it and I try to create symbolic link (on my shared folder with full access):
ln -s path/folder/example myFolder
I get error:
ln: c...
Immunogenic asked 27/7, 2013 at 7:11
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Given an absolute or relative path (in a Unix-like system), I would like to determine the full path of the target after resolving any intermediate symlinks. Bonus points for also resolving ~usernam...
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I can use the following p-invoke code on Windows, but is there a cross-platform way to create a symbolic link with .NET Core? (3.0 preview if that matters)
If not, is there a way to p-invoke or si...
Commove asked 28/8, 2019 at 13:34
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Suppose I have a subdirectory of symlinks that looks like the following:
subdir/
folder/
readme.txt
symlink/ => ../hidden/
hidden/
readme.txt
If I run the following code:
>>> fr...
Diaspore asked 2/10, 2017 at 16:31
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When I save images to storage they show in the storage/app directory, but they don't show in public/storage. I also noticed that a storage/app/public directory seems to have been created which also...
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I have an Ubuntu 17 VM on Virtual Box, and my host OS is windows 8.1. I created a shared folder between host and guest OS.
Now, because windows doesn't support symlinks, this prevents me from put...
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I have this command:
ln -sf src/* lang/golang/src/genericc/
I want to symlink all the files in src to the existing genericc directory, but when I run the above command I get broken symlinks in t...
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For a given folder, how can I delete all broken links within it?
I found this answer that shows how to delete one broken link, but I can't put that together in only one line. Is there a one-liner ...
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I'm trying to create a symbolic link between two directories. I have a directory called TestDocs and TestDocs2. I will be doing all my work in TestDocs, but I need it all to be reflected in TestDoc...
Spurtle asked 20/8, 2012 at 12:33
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I am trying to create symlinks using Python on Windows 8. I found This Post and this is part of my script.
import os
link_dst = unicode(os.path.join(style_path, album_path))
link_src = unicode(al...
Hunterhunting asked 6/11, 2014 at 19:31
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Recently I have tested to write an Android application with native code in C/C++. The problem is in making symbolic links when using the Android NDK. After some googling, some say to use Cygwin. I ...
Newtonnext asked 6/9, 2010 at 3:14
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I downloaded the linux Tor Browser package, which is a self-contained folder. I made a symlink to the run script:
$ ln -s torbrowser/start-tor-browser ~/bin/torbrowser
However, the link was brok...
Potsherd asked 19/7, 2013 at 2:10
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Recently I was asked this during a job interview. I was honest and said I knew how a symbolic link behaves and how to create one, but do not understand the use of a hard link and how it differs fro...
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Does any operating system provide a mechanism (system call — not command line program) to change the pathname referenced by a symbolic link (symlink) — other than by unlinking the old one and creat...
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