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On Wednesday 11 August 2010 00:09:13 Bill Longman wrote: |
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> On 08/10/2010 02:06 PM, Jarry wrote: |
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> > Hi, |
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> > I am facing this problem: I have subdirectory, let's say |
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> > "/some/dir". I would like to create some kind of "dynamic" |
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> > and "preliminary" link, so that any future subdirectories, |
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> > created later in /some will in fact be links, pointing to |
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> > /some/dir. |
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> > So if later any user does: |
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> > cd /some |
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> > mkdir whatever |
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> > There should not be subdirectory /some/whatever, but actually link: |
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> > /some/whatever -> /some/dir |
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> > |
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> > Is it possible? |
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> Unless you write your own kernel module, the answer is "No." |
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The slightly longer answer is that the idea, as presented, is stupid. Looks |
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like a foolish grasp at a "solution" for a "problem". |
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If the OP wants a link in /some/ he needs to make one using ln |
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If the OP wants a subdir in /some/ he needs to make one using mkdir |
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There is no magic way to turn one into the other because they are different. |
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It appears to me that he finds things like /some/otherdir/ that should never |
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have been created at all and their contents should have gone into /some/dir/ |
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instead. There's an easy solution to that: |
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remove write permission from /some/ and add it to /some/dir/ for all users |
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that write to /some/dir/. They can't create the wrong directories without |
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permissions. |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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