Repoint an existing symlink to a new location

ln -nsf <TARGET> <LINK>

Instead of deleting an existing symlink and then re-creating it pointing at the new location, it is possible to perform the same action with this one command. Interesting discussion on whether this is possible to do atomically here: http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=526119

By: rdc

2011-07-14 14:07:06

ln Linux symlinks

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Creates a symbolic link or overwrites an existing one

-n: dereference the existing link -v: (optional) to be sure of what is being done -f: force the deletion of the existing one -s: creates a symlink Be careful: the destination can also be a file or a directory and it will be overwritten.
This is sample output - yours may be different.
4

ln -nvfs /source /destination

daniele · 2010-11-28 17:22:37 4

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