Peng Yu wrote:
Bob Proulx wrote:
To do what you are asking would require that every move operation
consult the contents of every symlink on the filesystem and adjust
those other symlinks. Worse this is not only on the current
filesystem but also on other filesystems. ...
I agree with
Peng Yu wrote:
Bob Proulx wrote:
Is there any new information on this issue? Have you made any
progress on your own solution?
No. I don't find any tool either.
I think it is unlikely (I haven't read any enthusiasm for it from the
group) for adding this type of functionality to mv. I
Peng Yu wrote:
I agree with you that this is may not be possible for whole file
system. But under the assumptions that symbolic links and their
targets are always in a number of directories (user configurable) on
the same file system, then it is doable. This is practically what I
need.
you
On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 4:37 AM, Voelker, Bernhard
bernhard.voel...@siemens-enterprise.com wrote:
Peng Yu wrote:
I agree with you that this is may not be possible for whole file
system. But under the assumptions that symbolic links and their
targets are always in a number of directories (user
Peng Yu wrote:
On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 4:37 AM, Voelker, Bernhard wrote:
you need a reference to the actual inode, don't you?
So what a about using hardlinks?
Harlinks do not work across filesystems. I think that it is better
stick with symbolic links.
you are right, of course.
You'll have
On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 5:03 PM, Bob Proulx b...@proulx.com wrote:
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Peng Yu wrote:
I'm wondering if there is any tool that can do almost exact the same
thing as mv, but it can maintain symbolic links.
mv doens't maintain relative symbolic links. For example, I
I'm wondering if there is any tool that can do almost exact the same
thing as mv, but it can maintain symbolic links.
mv doens't maintain relative symbolic links. For example, I have file
/tmp/A/file1.txt and a symbolic link /tmp/file1.txt that point to
A/file.txt (by the relative path). If I mv
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Peng Yu wrote:
I'm wondering if there is any tool that can do almost exact the same
thing as mv, but it can maintain symbolic links.
mv doens't maintain relative symbolic links. For example, I have file
/tmp/A/file1.txt and a symbolic link /tmp/file1.txt that
