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Old 05-25-2009, 08:19 AM   #1
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Copy of Symbolic link

How do i copy a sym link from one location to another
 
Old 05-25-2009, 08:24 AM   #2
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Read the cp man page. There are options not to deference the symlinks when copying, if that's what you mean.

Note however that the symlink will be broken if it points to a relative path.
 
Old 05-25-2009, 08:25 AM   #3
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I think just make a new link. (ln -s or cp -l)

A link is intended to behave as if it were the actual file, thus "cp <linkname> /new/place" means "copy the file that linkname points to.)
 
  


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