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Symlink is short for symbolic link (also soft link). It is a term for any file that contains a reference to another file or directory in the form of an absolute or relative path and that affects pathname resolution.

symlink is short for symbolic link (also soft link). It is a term for any file that contains a reference to another file or directory in the form of an absolute or relative path and that affects pathname resolution

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Error installing Libra CMS

I'm following the installation steps listed here: https://bitbucket.org/libracms/libra-cms But I get the following error on step #3: symlink(): Could not fetch file information(error 3) Any ideas on how to solve it? I'm on Windows 7. This is step…
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Cygwin SVN symbolic link checkout broken

I've installed the latest version of Cygwin on Vista with SVN, Make and GCC in the installation. When I SVN checkout from a repository with some symbolic links in it, the symbolic links are not converted to symbolic links on Cygwin, rather they are…
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Why do I have an infinite recursion loop happening with these symlinks

I'm using node to build some jQuery plugins. The tests for each one run using grunt and qunit and include copies of jQuery from a shared directory which is above (i.e. outside of) the grunt server's web root for each one. /plug1 //web root for…
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Update Python path

Enthought is installed on my second HD at /media/linux/applications/epd, which was not auto-mounted. I ran: sudo mkdir /media/linux sudo chown -R kevin: /media/linux and edited /etc/fstab to point /media/linux to…
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How to delete a symlink using Ant?

I am trying to delete a symlink in ant script using the below line : But it is showing an error: Could not create tempfile in /directory/where/symlink/points The…
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Uploading symlinks to a server

Is it actually possible to upload symlinks and keep them as symlinks as opposed to uploading the files they're pointing to? I have a directory structure that relies on symlinks and I'm looking for a way to send this to users who have no command line…
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How to copy a entire directory which contains symlinks?

I want to copy a complete directory content from /home/private_html/userx/ into the /home/private_html/usery/, the problem is that the directory userx contains few symlinks, and when using the cp it just skip them (skip occurs, if symlinks directs…
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Re-targeting symbolic link in ClearCase

I am using Windows XP, with ClearCase Explorer 7.0.1.0-IFIX01. I have the following directory: /vob_myvob/path/to/symlink/ And it is pointing to the following directory: /vob_exports/path/to/third/party/dependencies/v3.4.1.0/LATEST_STABLE I want…
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Apply htaccess to symlink directory but not initial directory?

I'm wondering if it is possible to apply an htaccess directive to a symlinked directory location without affecting the initial "real" directory. For instance, if I created a directory /home/longfoldername/myDir/ and then created a symlink to this…
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symlink directory

Can I get an eyeball on my symlink? I'm trying to download a file from one directory, while the file actually exists in another. I've got the actual file, and the symlink in seperate subdirectories, but both reside in the public html(both are web…
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CreateFile Fails for SymLink to File in Parent Folder

In reference to this question: File.Copy() and Symbolic Links I find that the line SafeFileHandle fileHandle = CreateFile(symlink.FullName, 0, 2, IntPtr.Zero, CREATION_DISPOSITION_OPEN_EXISTING, …
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Whether a file is symbolic link or not in Java

Possible Duplicate: Java 1.6 - determine symbolic links I have 2 files: /usr/local/sam/icc/tmp/indus_history.txt /osp/psmf/service/indus/tmp/indus_history2.txt Parent directory of File 1 is a symbolic link to parent directory of File 2 i.e.…
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linux alternatives command database (find a name)

I'm using a system that has various java versions installed and uses the "alternatives" command to switch between them. I know that I can change the Java version using this command: alternatives --config java Where 'java' is the name for that list…
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PHP Symbolic Link in Pathname

I'm working on a simple means of listing all files in a directory via php. I have code directly from php.net which does this, but I seem to have trouble accessing symbolic links. When I try to access a symbolic link (to a directory), getcwd() will…
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Ruby application deployment symlink target location?

I'm attempting to deploy a very simple ruby (not rails) app using Capistrano on Site5 shared hosting, and so far my cap deploy:setup and cap deploy commands have succeeded so everything is deployed (I'm assuming) behind the public_html screen - so…
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