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Re: Is there a way to prompt error if 'ln -s'es target does not exist?
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Pádraig Brady |
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Re: Is there a way to prompt error if 'ln -s'es target does not exist? |
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Wed, 16 May 2012 14:39:42 +0100 |
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On 05/16/2012 03:01 AM, Peng Yu wrote:
> Hi,
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> I don't see an option of 'ln -s' that prompts some error if the target
> does not exist. In case that I miss anything, could anybody who are
> more familar with ln confirm with me? Thanks!
ln will create a dangling like without error.
If that's not what you want you can:
[ -e "$target" ] && ln -s "$target" linkname
cheers,
Pádraig.