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Why doesn't ls -la show that current directory is symlink?
This is more of a curiosity, but I noticed /etc/httpd/logs is symlinked to /var/log/httpd, but when I am inside of /etc/httpd/logs and I do ls -la I see:
drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Mar 21 14:58 .
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2answers
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Security of symlink to directory outside webroot set to 777?
I have a few websites that use the same cached weather reports so I wanted them all in the same folder. It seemed the most logical way to do this would be to but this folder outside of the webroot. It ...
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1answer
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Symlink - Permission Denied
I'm facing an interesting problem with plenty of Permission Denied outputs when using SymLinks
Linux: Slackware 13.1
Directory with Symlink:
root@Tower:/var/lib# ls -lah
drwxr-xr-x 8 root ...
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1answer
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Does soft link affects xml parsing and database process
I have a php code that does an xml parsing and inserts data into the mysql database.
The code can process one xml file in an average of 18 minutes.
Since I will be having lots of xml files and ...
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1answer
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Get directory of a symlinked script
I have to determine the directory of a script which is symlinked.
/usr/local/src/myscript/myscript.sh
/usr/local/bin/myscript.sh (Symlink to the one above)
A cronjob executes ...
1
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1answer
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pure-ftpd symlink not working
I've got a setup where pure-ftpd is allowing symlink.
what works
/var/www/some_website/symlink_to_logs works and resolves to /var/log/some_website_logs/
(this is to show that symlinks are allowed ...
0
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1answer
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Dreamweaver not recognizing symbolic link as directory
I have this directory
drwxrwxr-x 6 awdfiles pasgroup 4096 Jan 31 17:20 awdfiles
Which I want to access via another FTP connection. The user is part of the pasgroup
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1answer
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What's the best way to atomically add files to a web directory?
So I have a strange question, but I'm working on a script to deploy a PHP codebase and want to see if something like this is possible:
I have a directory that Apache uses as a DocumentRoot:
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1
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1answer
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How do I do a bind mount over a symlink?
I have a symlink:
/test
Which is pointing at a directory:
/source
I want to do a bind mount to mount /new over /test
mount -o bind /new /test
However this binds /new over /source (with /test ...
3
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1answer
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Absolute symlink-resolving pwd
I'm sitting in front of a Linux shell. I want to do something like pwd, except I want an absolute answer, i.e. I want any symlinks to be resolved to their true path. How can I do that?
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Is this a symbolic link?
I type ls -l and a directory shows up like this:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Jan 7 03:44 order_pictures -> /storage/order_pictures
Is that a symlink? I am trying to replicate this, so I type
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0
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2answers
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Symlinks for web pages
I have my web server set up running multiple sites and host them all in ~/sites/, outside apache document root (~/www), as follows:
+-~/
+-sites/
+-project1/
| +-system/
| ...
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2answers
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Automatically create symbolic links in Linux to files in one folder when a file in that folder is created and edited
I have 2 folders on my Linux OS, Apache 2 Webserver.
Call them folderA and folderB . They are have following paths
site1/public/sites/all/folderA
site2/public/sites/all/folderB
I would like that ...
1
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1answer
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Softlinking /home to a new folder on a big volume
I have a new large volume I would like to create a folder in called home to serve the users home folders, so the location would be /bigvolume/home. Would creating a softlink (ln -s) from /home to ...
1
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1answer
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Question Mark on symlink
Why do I get a "?" mark at the end of a symlink sometimes?
E.g.
lrwxrwxrwx 2 root root 0 1969-12-31 19:00 xyz -> abc?
2
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2answers
622 views
How to symlink folders and exclude certain files
I'm not a server guru (unfortunately) but have a decent knowledge of linux & bsd.
I'm trying to symlink multiple instances of HLDS (game server) but need to exclude certain folders & config ...
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2answers
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Symlink - Change specific files
I've sym-linked a directory, and now I want to change a specific file in the linked directory, without changing it in the target directory. I don't want to copy the whole directory.
What can I do?
0
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2answers
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Symlink across local volumes in webroot?
I am looking for a good short-term solution to storage space concerns on my website. Currently, I have all uploaded files (flash video, images, etc.) inside the 'files' directory in my web root ...
2
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3answers
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Why won't apache load a symlinked file from conf.d?
I have an apache configuration file which works fine when it's placed directly in /etc/httpd/conf.d/foo.conf. However, when I move the same file somewhere else (for example, move it to /tmp/foo.conf) ...
2
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3answers
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List all symbolic links on a directory
a short question: is it possible to list all symbolic links onto a directory other than running a find over the whole filesystem?
Background: I have a directory containing a lot of different versions ...
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2answers
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How do I make it so that I can run this program anywhere?
java -jar yuicompressor-2.4.2.jar
~/src/yuicompressor-2.4.2/build$ ls
yuicompressor-2.4.2.jar
Usually, I have to be in that directory to run this command. Is there any way I can set it so that I ...
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3answers
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What is the difference between a soft (symbolic) link and a hard link?
I hear that you can now create soft links in Vista too. So, what is the difference between a soft (symbolic) link and a hard link on UNIX/Linux/Vista?
Are there advantages of using one over the ...
2
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3answers
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Move a file and leave a soft link behind
I'm looking for a single linux command that allows me to do the equivalent of this:
cp /some/path/file /another/path/ && ln -sf /another/path/file /some/path/
If there isn't one, what's the ...
