/tags/symlink/ Recent content in Symlink on Saleem Ansari Hugo -- gohugo.io en (c) 2024 Saleem Ansari Sat, 10 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000 /2011/12/10/symlink-loop-is-still-an-unsolved-problem/ Sat, 10 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000 /2011/12/10/symlink-loop-is-still-an-unsolved-problem/ How do I dereference a symbolic link? $ ls -l /usr/bin/java lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 22 Jul 20 2010 /usr/bin/java -> /etc/alternatives/java $ ls -l /etc/alternatives/java lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 30 Aug 9 2010 /etc/alternatives/java -> /usr/java/jdk1.6.0_20/bin/java $ ls -l /usr/java/jdk1.6.0_20/bin/java -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 50810 Apr 13 2010 /usr/java/jdk1.6.0_20/bin/java Lets create a chain of symbolic links: mkdir /tmp/symlink cd /tmp/symlink echo "this is a test file" > abc.txt ln -s abc.