Re: OT: symlinks question
On 2007-05-31 21:01:44 +0200, Jan Willem Stumpel wrote:
> Is there a single command to change the target of a symlink?
>
> Say I have a link which points from mylink to A, made by
>
> ln -s A mylink
>
> and I want to make the link point to B instead. I can of course do
>
> rm mylink
> ln -s B mylink
>
> but is't there a simpler way to do it?
I've always used "ln -nfs B mylink". Never had any problem with this.
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