create soft link and hard link in RHEL5

ramadas88 · 09-08-2010, 02:42 AM

hi

how can we create soft link and hard link in RHEL5

when am using in command it is giving format error

Please help me

Thanks in advance

sem007 · 09-08-2010, 03:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ramadas88

hi

how can we create soft link and hard link in RHEL5

when am using in command it is giving format error

Please help me

Thanks in advance

what command you entered for symbolic(soft) link and hard link? and also post exact error which you faced.

BTW

for softlink

Code:

# ln -s source_file link_file

for hardlink

Code:

# ln source_file link_file

also read man page of ln command

sag47 · 09-08-2010, 03:07 AM

The link command is normally formatted for soft links like:

Code:

ln -s <path to file or folder> <target directory>

For hard links they only work on file paths and data which are located on the same drive. It does not work on folders in all versions of ln or link.

Code:

ln <path of original file> <target file path>

Well you could try "man ln" to see how the command is supposed to be formatted. My link command is located in /bin/ln so you may want to check you're using the correct ln with "whereis ln".

ramadas88 · 09-10-2010, 05:28 AM

thanks for Your replay
Sorry i will update you monday

ramadas88 · 09-13-2010, 01:43 AM

Find the command i used

[root@server ~]# vi test
[root@server ~]# in test test2
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `in'
[root@server ~]# in -s test test2
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `in'
[root@server ~]# in -s test test2

Please help me

basheer · 09-13-2010, 02:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ramadas88

Find the command i used

[root@server ~]# in test test2
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `in'

U should use ln (Small letter L), you are using 'in' which is wrong.

ramadas88 · 09-15-2010, 04:32 AM

thanks .......

its works,i got misunderstood as there is also command 'in'