Hello, Here's what I did.
Made an executable file have a link on the desktop. Then deleted the desktop link and the entire program directory. Later tried to reinstall the program and the unarchiver said "symlink missing operation not permissible", so I could not reinstall the program. Everything should be OK but LINUX says it isn't. I have heard this could be a problem with symlinks if you delete them but the solution is not known, just stay away from symlinks. Maybe a bug. Tried to backup Windows with LINUX, which I am not going to do, I don't trust it yet, and LINUX found a symlink in Windows and would not copy it. Very important .NET Framework files too. I'm trying to stay away from the command line as much as possible. The right click is where I created the desktop link before. Thanks, Patrick On Jun 2, 11:54 am, Bill Oliver <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't think it's a linux specific problem, but I think you need to know > what you actually did. I would need more specific information to give a > specific answer. > > Here are some general hints: > > I think the first thing you should do is make sure you didn't delete the > actual file rather than just the symlink. Do you know the location of the > file or directory you linked to? Is it still there? > > If it is gone, then you will need to restore it from a backup before making a > link to it. > > If it is still there, then you can easily re-create the link. Since I don't > know your distro or the GUI you are using, I'll just describe how to do it > using the command line on a generic distro. > > I'll assume the following: > > 1) Your home directory is /home/patrick. This varies from distro to distro, > but you should know what it is. > > 2) Your desktop directory is /home/patrick/Desktop. This also varies from > distro to distro. > > 3) The file or directory you originally linked to was /home/patrick/target . > > 4) The general form of a symbolic link command is: > > ln -s <existing file, or "target"> <link file> > > So, to recreate the link, you just type the following at the command line, > where "%" is your prompt: > > % ln -s /home/patrick/target /home/patrick/Desktop/target > > billo > > On Wed, 2 Jun 2010, Patrick wrote: > > > Hello, > > > I have created and deleted a program symbolic link on the desktop. > > I have heard this is a LINUX specific problem and now the file > > manager > > cannot copy or paste or execute or basically anything with new > > programs > > or even files that have symbolic links. Any experience with this > > situation ? > > How in the world do I clear this up ? I need to backup some things > > and > > the symbolic link associated files are generating "operation not > > permissible" > > messages in the file manager do to when I deleted a symbolic link on > > the > > desktop. It really messes something up when you delete a symbolic > > link on the desktop. > > > Thanks, > > > Patrick > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users > > Group. > > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > > For more options, visit our group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup
