symlinks not updating

mrmnemo · 10-18-2010, 11:09 PM

HI,

Not sure what else to call it. My softlinks are not updating to reflect the parent/linked folder-files.

Code:

ln -s /folder/* /home/user/Music

This produces what I want. However, if I make any changes to /folder/, I dont see a reflected change in the links at /home/usr/Music.

A added plus would be to be able to use folder/file thumbnails from the source directory on the symlinks. Are sym links just shortcuts or are they real links to the directory (dynamic).

neonsignal · 10-19-2010, 01:17 AM

Symbolic links are just "shortcuts" as you call them.

You created links inside the Music directory that pointed to files/directories inside /folder. There is no reason why new files in /folder should have new symbolic links created.

Perhaps what you really wanted was to do this (after completely removing the directory Music):

Code:

ln -s /folder/ /home/user/Music

which would create a symbolic link called Music pointing to /folder/.

mrmnemo · 10-19-2010, 01:27 AM

that would make sense. However, after checking a few other links, i found that it was only the music folder that didnt update. Both "parent" folders are on the same drive/partition. so, /storage/books links and updates; whereas, /storage/music does not. I had thought I could do it the way you had suggested. It would be nice to know what is causing the problem though. could the noatime mount flag have caused this when I moved a folder up one level ?