softlink

Include softlinked folders in unix "find"

How can I tell unix "find" to include in it's recursive search a folder which is softlinked? ...

canonicalize a path name on solaris

On a GNU system I would just use readlink -f $SOME_PATH, but Solaris doesn't have readlink. I'd prefer something that works well in bash, but other programs are ok if needed. Edit: The best I've come up with so far uses cd and pwd, but requires some more hackery to deal with files and not just directories. cd -P "$*" REAL_PATH=`pwd` ...

How to find all files which are basically soft or hard links of other directories or files on linux?

How could I get the list of all linked files on my system or from a certain directory. I used to create links but they became unmanageable with time. I want the list of all such links from a directory. Can anyone help? ...

Hard link and Symbolic links in Unix

Hi All, I just wanted to clarify if a hard/symbolic link is actually a file that is created ?? I ran the command: ln source hardlink ln -s source softlink -- The ls command shows this 2 links as a file. So my query is, does ln / ln -s actually create a file? Regards, darkie15 ...

how to find the target file's full(absolute path) of the symbolic link or soft link in python

when i give ls -l /etc/fonts/conf.d/70-yes-bitmaps.conf lrwxrwxrwx <snip> /etc/fonts/conf.d/70-yes-bitmaps.conf -> ../conf.avail/70-yes-bitmaps.conf so for a symbolic link or soft link, how to find the target file's full(absolute path) in python, If i use os.readlink('/etc/fonts/conf.d/70-yes-bitmaps.conf') it outputs ../conf....

whats are *.so.*.* libs

When I do ls -l in /usr/lib I see lots of libs with "sameName.so.*.*" extension. What is the significance of these extensions? Why softlinks are created? what are their use? One example will help a lot in understanding. ...