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By using "ln -s a b", it creates a soft-link from b to a with a relative path. If 'b' is moved to another directory, it would get broken.
Is there any way so I can create an link with an absolute path?
Simply use the full path to the link target:
ln -s /full/path/to/a b
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when I exit my vim, I accidentally typed wq~, and it created my home directory in my other linux directory which I am working on, anyway to remove it?
Quote it
rm '~'
You can also rename it to the name you want:
mv '~' correctname
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I accidentally removed the following symbolic link:
rm: remove symbolic link `/scripts/restorepkg'? y
How can I restore this?
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If you remove the symlink the original file is unchanged , you can restore the symlink through ln -s:
ln -s /path/to/original/ /path/to/link
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What does ../ mean in Linux/Unix paths? I've seen that it means as 'up a directory' but I couldn't get to understand it fully.
Each directory has two entries in it at the start, with names . (a link to itself) and .. (a link to its parent directory). The exception, of course, is the root directory, where the .. directory also refers to the root directory.
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I have a softlink mistakenly created as this:
/backup_rmbeir1 -> /backup_rmbeir1
I want to delete the soft link now. If I do :
rm /backup_rmbeir1
will this delete the link, or the actual file ? If not what will be the best way to achieve this ? I tried the unlink command but didn't help.
The soft link is /backup/backup_rmbeir1, so delete that by rm /backup/backup_rmbeir1.
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The problem is the following - I`ve created a symbolic link to a folder /home/user1/folder1 in /home/user2/. When user2 follows this link, he comes to the /home/user1/folder1, but when he goes up folder he comes to /home/user1/ not /home/user2/. Is it possible to change this behavior?
Thanks. Solved by mount --bind