Please see attached file for further comments to the problem I am having. These were your comments to my earlier mail
> > Is there a way to extensively check if a symbolic link has been > > succesful or if there have been problems in trying to link. > > The return code of the ln program will be zero if no errors occurred > and the link creation was successful. Check the return code. With > modern shells the following syntax works well. > > if ! ln -s foo bar; then > echo "Error: Failed to create symlink" 1>&2 > exit 1 > fi > > > I have tried the obvious like testing ln -s on text editable files > > and once I alter any of the original or symbolically linked files > > the changes are automatically appear in the other file and vice > > versa. > > That does sound like a functioning system. > > > Yet I suspect there is some thing wrong with my symbolic > > links. > > What makes you suspect that something is wrong? > > > Is there any other way to extensively check my symbolic links. > > Use 'ls -ldgon' on the symlink and verify the target is what you expect. > Use 'ls -ldLi' which will push through the symlink and verify that the > file works and that 'ls -ldi' on the target of the symlink has the > same inode number. > > Bob _______________________________________________ Bug-fileutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-fileutils
