How Do I Change a Symbolic Link in Linux?
Contents How Do I Edit a Symbolic Link in Linux? Then, There Are Three Ways to Change the Symlink: Use Ln with -F Force and Even for Directories -N (Inode...
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How do I edit a symbolic link in Linux?
Then, there are three ways to change the symlink:
- Use ln with -f force and even for directories -n (inode could get reused): ln -sfn /some/new/path linkname.
- Remove the symlink and create a new one (even for directories): rm linkname; ln -s /some/new/path linkname.
Can you edit a symbolic link file?
No. The symlink system call will return EEXIST if newpath already exists. You can only link from a new node in the filesystem.
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