ln -s fail to create a symbolic to directory
I tried to create a symbolic link of Books Directory to the Home
#in the Document Directory to the Home Diretory.
ln -s Books/ ~/Books
but it create a file rather than a directory
What's the problem with my usage of ln?
symbolic-link
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AliceAlice
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I tried to create a symbolic link of Books Directory to the Home
#in the Document Directory to the Home Diretory.
ln -s Books/ ~/Books
but it create a file rather than a directory
What's the problem with my usage of ln?
symbolic-link
asked 2 hours ago
AliceAlice
417110
ln -s /home/username/Documents/Books /home/username/Books
– heynnema
2 hours ago
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I tried to create a symbolic link of Books Directory to the Home
#in the Document Directory to the Home Diretory.
ln -s Books/ ~/Books
but it create a file rather than a directory
What's the problem with my usage of ln?
symbolic-link
asked 2 hours ago
AliceAlice
417110
I tried to create a symbolic link of Books Directory to the Home
#in the Document Directory to the Home Diretory.
ln -s Books/ ~/Books
but it create a file rather than a directory
What's the problem with my usage of ln?
symbolic-link
symbolic-link
asked 2 hours ago
AliceAlice
417110
asked 2 hours ago
AliceAlice
417110
asked 2 hours ago
AliceAlice
417110
asked 2 hours ago
AliceAlice
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ln -s /home/username/Documents/Books /home/username/Books
– heynnema
2 hours ago
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ln -s /home/username/Documents/Books /home/username/Books
– heynnema
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ln -s /home/username/Documents/Books /home/username/Books– heynnema
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ln -s /home/username/Documents/Books /home/username/Books– heynnema
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This looks like 3rd form according to documentation:
ln [OPTION]... TARGET... DIRECTORY (3rd form)
...
In the 3rd and 4th forms, create links to each TARGET in DIRECTORY.
So it reads as "create link to a directory Books (which is in your current working directory) and put that link in specified directory ~/Books". Of course, if Books/ doesn't exist in current working directory - you'll have a symlink pointing to itself, which will result in too many symlink levels error
[ adminx:Fri Feb 22 01:57:21 UTC 2019 ]$ ln -s asdfasdf foobarbaz/
[ adminx:Fri Feb 22 01:57:33 UTC 2019 ]$ ls foobarbaz/
asdfasdf file.txt thing
[ adminx:Fri Feb 22 01:57:37 UTC 2019 ]$ ls -l foobarbaz/
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 adminx adminx 8 Feb 22 01:57 asdfasdf -> asdfasdf
-rw-rw-r-- 1 adminx adminx 0 Feb 22 01:56 file.txt
lrwxrwxrwx 1 adminx adminx 5 Feb 22 01:56 thing -> thing
[ adminx:Fri Feb 22 02:02:29 UTC 2019 ]$ cd foobarbaz/thing
bash: cd: foobarbaz/thing: Too many levels of symbolic links
Now, I would suggest using first form with -T flag:
adminx:Fri Feb 22 02:05:01 UTC 2019 ]$ ln -s -T ~/Documents dock_link
[ adminx:Fri Feb 22 02:05:08 UTC 2019 ]$ ls -l dock_link
lrwxrwxrwx 1 adminx adminx 22 Feb 22 02:05 dock_link -> /home/adminx/Documents
[ adminx:Fri Feb 22 02:05:16 UTC 2019 ]$
answered 51 mins ago
Sergiy KolodyazhnyySergiy Kolodyazhnyy
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It seems like you created a broken link. Books/ is in ~/Documents, so you need to specify that, either with a relative path:
ln -s Documents/Books ~/Books
or an absolute path:
ln -s ~/Documents/Books ~/Books
answered 1 hour ago
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This looks like 3rd form according to documentation:
ln [OPTION]... TARGET... DIRECTORY (3rd form)
...
In the 3rd and 4th forms, create links to each TARGET in DIRECTORY.
So it reads as "create link to a directory Books (which is in your current working directory) and put that link in specified directory ~/Books". Of course, if Books/ doesn't exist in current working directory - you'll have a symlink pointing to itself, which will result in too many symlink levels error
[ adminx:Fri Feb 22 01:57:21 UTC 2019 ]$ ln -s asdfasdf foobarbaz/
[ adminx:Fri Feb 22 01:57:33 UTC 2019 ]$ ls foobarbaz/
asdfasdf file.txt thing
[ adminx:Fri Feb 22 01:57:37 UTC 2019 ]$ ls -l foobarbaz/
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 adminx adminx 8 Feb 22 01:57 asdfasdf -> asdfasdf
-rw-rw-r-- 1 adminx adminx 0 Feb 22 01:56 file.txt
lrwxrwxrwx 1 adminx adminx 5 Feb 22 01:56 thing -> thing
[ adminx:Fri Feb 22 02:02:29 UTC 2019 ]$ cd foobarbaz/thing
bash: cd: foobarbaz/thing: Too many levels of symbolic links
Now, I would suggest using first form with -T flag:
adminx:Fri Feb 22 02:05:01 UTC 2019 ]$ ln -s -T ~/Documents dock_link
[ adminx:Fri Feb 22 02:05:08 UTC 2019 ]$ ls -l dock_link
lrwxrwxrwx 1 adminx adminx 22 Feb 22 02:05 dock_link -> /home/adminx/Documents
[ adminx:Fri Feb 22 02:05:16 UTC 2019 ]$
answered 51 mins ago
Sergiy KolodyazhnyySergiy Kolodyazhnyy
72.8k9152316
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This looks like 3rd form according to documentation:
ln [OPTION]... TARGET... DIRECTORY (3rd form)
...
In the 3rd and 4th forms, create links to each TARGET in DIRECTORY.
So it reads as "create link to a directory Books (which is in your current working directory) and put that link in specified directory ~/Books". Of course, if Books/ doesn't exist in current working directory - you'll have a symlink pointing to itself, which will result in too many symlink levels error
[ adminx:Fri Feb 22 01:57:21 UTC 2019 ]$ ln -s asdfasdf foobarbaz/
[ adminx:Fri Feb 22 01:57:33 UTC 2019 ]$ ls foobarbaz/
asdfasdf file.txt thing
[ adminx:Fri Feb 22 01:57:37 UTC 2019 ]$ ls -l foobarbaz/
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 adminx adminx 8 Feb 22 01:57 asdfasdf -> asdfasdf
-rw-rw-r-- 1 adminx adminx 0 Feb 22 01:56 file.txt
lrwxrwxrwx 1 adminx adminx 5 Feb 22 01:56 thing -> thing
[ adminx:Fri Feb 22 02:02:29 UTC 2019 ]$ cd foobarbaz/thing
bash: cd: foobarbaz/thing: Too many levels of symbolic links
Now, I would suggest using first form with -T flag:
adminx:Fri Feb 22 02:05:01 UTC 2019 ]$ ln -s -T ~/Documents dock_link
[ adminx:Fri Feb 22 02:05:08 UTC 2019 ]$ ls -l dock_link
lrwxrwxrwx 1 adminx adminx 22 Feb 22 02:05 dock_link -> /home/adminx/Documents
[ adminx:Fri Feb 22 02:05:16 UTC 2019 ]$
answered 51 mins ago
Sergiy KolodyazhnyySergiy Kolodyazhnyy
72.8k9152316
add a comment |
This looks like 3rd form according to documentation:
ln [OPTION]... TARGET... DIRECTORY (3rd form)
...
In the 3rd and 4th forms, create links to each TARGET in DIRECTORY.
So it reads as "create link to a directory Books (which is in your current working directory) and put that link in specified directory ~/Books". Of course, if Books/ doesn't exist in current working directory - you'll have a symlink pointing to itself, which will result in too many symlink levels error
[ adminx:Fri Feb 22 01:57:21 UTC 2019 ]$ ln -s asdfasdf foobarbaz/
[ adminx:Fri Feb 22 01:57:33 UTC 2019 ]$ ls foobarbaz/
asdfasdf file.txt thing
[ adminx:Fri Feb 22 01:57:37 UTC 2019 ]$ ls -l foobarbaz/
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 adminx adminx 8 Feb 22 01:57 asdfasdf -> asdfasdf
-rw-rw-r-- 1 adminx adminx 0 Feb 22 01:56 file.txt
lrwxrwxrwx 1 adminx adminx 5 Feb 22 01:56 thing -> thing
[ adminx:Fri Feb 22 02:02:29 UTC 2019 ]$ cd foobarbaz/thing
bash: cd: foobarbaz/thing: Too many levels of symbolic links
Now, I would suggest using first form with -T flag:
adminx:Fri Feb 22 02:05:01 UTC 2019 ]$ ln -s -T ~/Documents dock_link
[ adminx:Fri Feb 22 02:05:08 UTC 2019 ]$ ls -l dock_link
lrwxrwxrwx 1 adminx adminx 22 Feb 22 02:05 dock_link -> /home/adminx/Documents
[ adminx:Fri Feb 22 02:05:16 UTC 2019 ]$
answered 51 mins ago
Sergiy KolodyazhnyySergiy Kolodyazhnyy
72.8k9152316
This looks like 3rd form according to documentation:
ln [OPTION]... TARGET... DIRECTORY (3rd form)
...
In the 3rd and 4th forms, create links to each TARGET in DIRECTORY.
So it reads as "create link to a directory Books (which is in your current working directory) and put that link in specified directory ~/Books". Of course, if Books/ doesn't exist in current working directory - you'll have a symlink pointing to itself, which will result in too many symlink levels error
[ adminx:Fri Feb 22 01:57:21 UTC 2019 ]$ ln -s asdfasdf foobarbaz/
[ adminx:Fri Feb 22 01:57:33 UTC 2019 ]$ ls foobarbaz/
asdfasdf file.txt thing
[ adminx:Fri Feb 22 01:57:37 UTC 2019 ]$ ls -l foobarbaz/
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 adminx adminx 8 Feb 22 01:57 asdfasdf -> asdfasdf
-rw-rw-r-- 1 adminx adminx 0 Feb 22 01:56 file.txt
lrwxrwxrwx 1 adminx adminx 5 Feb 22 01:56 thing -> thing
[ adminx:Fri Feb 22 02:02:29 UTC 2019 ]$ cd foobarbaz/thing
bash: cd: foobarbaz/thing: Too many levels of symbolic links
Now, I would suggest using first form with -T flag:
adminx:Fri Feb 22 02:05:01 UTC 2019 ]$ ln -s -T ~/Documents dock_link
[ adminx:Fri Feb 22 02:05:08 UTC 2019 ]$ ls -l dock_link
lrwxrwxrwx 1 adminx adminx 22 Feb 22 02:05 dock_link -> /home/adminx/Documents
[ adminx:Fri Feb 22 02:05:16 UTC 2019 ]$
answered 51 mins ago
Sergiy KolodyazhnyySergiy Kolodyazhnyy
72.8k9152316
answered 51 mins ago
Sergiy KolodyazhnyySergiy Kolodyazhnyy
72.8k9152316
answered 51 mins ago
Sergiy KolodyazhnyySergiy Kolodyazhnyy
72.8k9152316
answered 51 mins ago
Sergiy KolodyazhnyySergiy Kolodyazhnyy
72.8k9152316
72.8k9152316
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It seems like you created a broken link. Books/ is in ~/Documents, so you need to specify that, either with a relative path:
ln -s Documents/Books ~/Books
or an absolute path:
ln -s ~/Documents/Books ~/Books
answered 1 hour ago
wjandreawjandrea
9,24442563
add a comment |
It seems like you created a broken link. Books/ is in ~/Documents, so you need to specify that, either with a relative path:
ln -s Documents/Books ~/Books
or an absolute path:
ln -s ~/Documents/Books ~/Books
answered 1 hour ago
wjandreawjandrea
9,24442563
add a comment |
It seems like you created a broken link. Books/ is in ~/Documents, so you need to specify that, either with a relative path:
ln -s Documents/Books ~/Books
or an absolute path:
ln -s ~/Documents/Books ~/Books
answered 1 hour ago
wjandreawjandrea
9,24442563
It seems like you created a broken link. Books/ is in ~/Documents, so you need to specify that, either with a relative path:
ln -s Documents/Books ~/Books
or an absolute path:
ln -s ~/Documents/Books ~/Books
answered 1 hour ago
wjandreawjandrea
9,24442563
answered 1 hour ago
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ln -s /home/username/Documents/Books /home/username/Books– heynnema
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