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From: Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: How can I create "dynamic" link?
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 22:09:19
Message-Id: i3shu9$85q$1@dough.gmane.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] How can I create "dynamic" link? by Jarry
1 On 08/11/2010 12:06 AM, Jarry wrote:
2 > Hi,
3 > I am facing this problem: I have subdirectory, let's say
4 > "/some/dir". I would like to create some kind of "dynamic"
5 > and "preliminary" link, so that any future subdirectories,
6 > created later in /some will in fact be links, pointing to
7 > /some/dir.
8 >
9 > So if later any user does:
10 > cd /some
11 > mkdir whatever
12 >
13 > There should not be subdirectory /some/whatever, but actually link:
14 > /some/whatever -> /some/dir
15 >
16 > Is it possible?
17
18
19 mkdir creates directories, not links. You need to do "ln -s /some/dir
20 /some/whatever". Having mkdir create links would be a bug.