On Sun, 12 Jan 2014 20:27:02 +0100 Bernhard Voelker wrote:
On 01/12/2014 04:20 PM, Carl Hartung wrote:
the links wouldn't function properly otherwise.
Off-question, maybe, but just FYI: Per definition, symbolic links do not necessarily have to "function", i.e. to be resolvable. A symbolic link could hold any information you like (restricted by length, and no binary NULL in there, of course).
For example, you can store the current uptime in a symlink:
$ ln -s "$(uptime)" my-uptime-in-a-symlink ls -ldog my-uptime-in-a-symlink $ ls -ldog my-uptime-in-a-symlink lrwxrwxrwx 1 67 Jan 12 20:25 my-uptime-in-a-symlink -> 20:25pm up 1 day 7:17, 9 users, load average: 0.25, 0.24, 0.19
Look at those permissions! <-- On Topic bit for the OP :-) Your example _does_ leave a broken symbolic link cluttering up the filesystem, Berny. "touch" is a lot less messy. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org