editing symlinks..help required

solarnet · 06-20-2003, 04:37 AM

Sorry..complete newbie needs help on editing a symlink that currently points to the wrong destination. How do I view where it currently points and then edit that. Thanks.

BlckJck · 06-20-2003, 04:48 AM

ls -l linkname to display the full "link"

example:

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Jul 5 2003 vmlinuz -> boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20-xfs

to change, delete the link

rm vmlinuz

then make a new link

link /boot/vmlinuz-2.9.9.9.9 vmlinuz

fsbooks · 06-20-2003, 06:03 AM

I personally do not have "link". (Is that a Debian thing?) I would do the following (after your example).

ln -s /boot/vmlinuz-2.9.9.9.9 vmlinuz

Remember that ln works with its arguments as follows:

ln -s <real file/dir> <link location>

It is easy to follow the order found in the ls -ld output and try put the link location first and real location second. At least for me, and some call me experienced.

solarnet · 06-20-2003, 06:06 AM

Thanks it's sorted.