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I am looking for a way, if it exists, to know if a the path to a folder is a symbolic link or the original path to the folder.
Is there such a thing ?
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Is there such a thing ?
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I am looking for a way, if it exists, to know if a the path to a folder is a symbolic link or the original path to the folder.
Is there such a thing ?
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I am looking for a way, if it exists, to know if a the path to a folder is a symbolic link or the original path to the folder.
Is there such a thing ?
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To determine whether the folder is a symbolic link you can use either of the listed menthod.
GUI Method:
The folder icon will be different. The icon of folder would consist of an arrow.
CLI Method
The output of
ls -lwill clearly indicate that the folder is a symbolic link and it will also list the folder where it points to.$ ls -l
total 4
drwxr-xr-x 2 jabard domain users 4096 mai 24 15:56 original
lrwxrwxrwx 1 jabard domain users 8 mai 24 symbolic -> 15:56 originalHere symbolic folder is a symbolic link pointing to original.
and startinglinlrwxrwxrwxrepresents a symbolic link folder-represents file anddrepresents folder
edited 4 hours ago
vaku
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answered 8 hours ago
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There are many ways, my usual way is using stat
guiverc@ultracrap:~$ stat vids
File: vids -> Videos/
Size: 7 Blocks: 0 IO Block: 4096 symbolic link
Device: fd00h/64768d Inode: 524725 Links: 1
Access: (0777/lrwxrwxrwx) Uid: ( 1000/ guiverc) Gid: ( 1001/ guiverc)
Access: 2019-05-25 00:16:26.708558789 +1000
Modify: 2019-05-25 00:16:26.708558789 +1000
Change: 2019-05-25 00:16:26.708558789 +1000
Birth: -
You'll note my ~/vids is a symbolic link to my ~/Videos/ directory
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To determine whether the folder is a symbolic link you can use either of the listed menthod.
GUI Method:
The folder icon will be different. The icon of folder would consist of an arrow.
CLI Method
The output of
ls -lwill clearly indicate that the folder is a symbolic link and it will also list the folder where it points to.$ ls -l
total 4
drwxr-xr-x 2 jabard domain users 4096 mai 24 15:56 original
lrwxrwxrwx 1 jabard domain users 8 mai 24 symbolic -> 15:56 originalHere symbolic folder is a symbolic link pointing to original.
and startinglinlrwxrwxrwxrepresents a symbolic link folder-represents file anddrepresents folder
edited 4 hours ago
vaku
1032
answered 8 hours ago
tatsutatsu
8741940
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To determine whether the folder is a symbolic link you can use either of the listed menthod.
GUI Method:
The folder icon will be different. The icon of folder would consist of an arrow.
CLI Method
The output of
ls -lwill clearly indicate that the folder is a symbolic link and it will also list the folder where it points to.$ ls -l
total 4
drwxr-xr-x 2 jabard domain users 4096 mai 24 15:56 original
lrwxrwxrwx 1 jabard domain users 8 mai 24 symbolic -> 15:56 originalHere symbolic folder is a symbolic link pointing to original.
and startinglinlrwxrwxrwxrepresents a symbolic link folder-represents file anddrepresents folder
edited 4 hours ago
vaku
1032
answered 8 hours ago
tatsutatsu
8741940
add a comment |
To determine whether the folder is a symbolic link you can use either of the listed menthod.
GUI Method:
The folder icon will be different. The icon of folder would consist of an arrow.
CLI Method
The output of
ls -lwill clearly indicate that the folder is a symbolic link and it will also list the folder where it points to.$ ls -l
total 4
drwxr-xr-x 2 jabard domain users 4096 mai 24 15:56 original
lrwxrwxrwx 1 jabard domain users 8 mai 24 symbolic -> 15:56 originalHere symbolic folder is a symbolic link pointing to original.
and startinglinlrwxrwxrwxrepresents a symbolic link folder-represents file anddrepresents folder
edited 4 hours ago
vaku
1032
answered 8 hours ago
tatsutatsu
8741940
To determine whether the folder is a symbolic link you can use either of the listed menthod.
GUI Method:
The folder icon will be different. The icon of folder would consist of an arrow.
CLI Method
The output of
ls -lwill clearly indicate that the folder is a symbolic link and it will also list the folder where it points to.$ ls -l
total 4
drwxr-xr-x 2 jabard domain users 4096 mai 24 15:56 original
lrwxrwxrwx 1 jabard domain users 8 mai 24 symbolic -> 15:56 originalHere symbolic folder is a symbolic link pointing to original.
and startinglinlrwxrwxrwxrepresents a symbolic link folder-represents file anddrepresents folder
edited 4 hours ago
vaku
1032
answered 8 hours ago
tatsutatsu
8741940
edited 4 hours ago
vaku
1032
edited 4 hours ago
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vaku
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1032
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8741940
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8741940
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There are many ways, my usual way is using stat
guiverc@ultracrap:~$ stat vids
File: vids -> Videos/
Size: 7 Blocks: 0 IO Block: 4096 symbolic link
Device: fd00h/64768d Inode: 524725 Links: 1
Access: (0777/lrwxrwxrwx) Uid: ( 1000/ guiverc) Gid: ( 1001/ guiverc)
Access: 2019-05-25 00:16:26.708558789 +1000
Modify: 2019-05-25 00:16:26.708558789 +1000
Change: 2019-05-25 00:16:26.708558789 +1000
Birth: -
You'll note my ~/vids is a symbolic link to my ~/Videos/ directory
answered 7 hours ago
guivercguiverc
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There are many ways, my usual way is using stat
guiverc@ultracrap:~$ stat vids
File: vids -> Videos/
Size: 7 Blocks: 0 IO Block: 4096 symbolic link
Device: fd00h/64768d Inode: 524725 Links: 1
Access: (0777/lrwxrwxrwx) Uid: ( 1000/ guiverc) Gid: ( 1001/ guiverc)
Access: 2019-05-25 00:16:26.708558789 +1000
Modify: 2019-05-25 00:16:26.708558789 +1000
Change: 2019-05-25 00:16:26.708558789 +1000
Birth: -
You'll note my ~/vids is a symbolic link to my ~/Videos/ directory
answered 7 hours ago
guivercguiverc
5,68421724
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There are many ways, my usual way is using stat
guiverc@ultracrap:~$ stat vids
File: vids -> Videos/
Size: 7 Blocks: 0 IO Block: 4096 symbolic link
Device: fd00h/64768d Inode: 524725 Links: 1
Access: (0777/lrwxrwxrwx) Uid: ( 1000/ guiverc) Gid: ( 1001/ guiverc)
Access: 2019-05-25 00:16:26.708558789 +1000
Modify: 2019-05-25 00:16:26.708558789 +1000
Change: 2019-05-25 00:16:26.708558789 +1000
Birth: -
You'll note my ~/vids is a symbolic link to my ~/Videos/ directory
answered 7 hours ago
guivercguiverc
5,68421724
There are many ways, my usual way is using stat
guiverc@ultracrap:~$ stat vids
File: vids -> Videos/
Size: 7 Blocks: 0 IO Block: 4096 symbolic link
Device: fd00h/64768d Inode: 524725 Links: 1
Access: (0777/lrwxrwxrwx) Uid: ( 1000/ guiverc) Gid: ( 1001/ guiverc)
Access: 2019-05-25 00:16:26.708558789 +1000
Modify: 2019-05-25 00:16:26.708558789 +1000
Change: 2019-05-25 00:16:26.708558789 +1000
Birth: -
You'll note my ~/vids is a symbolic link to my ~/Videos/ directory
answered 7 hours ago
guivercguiverc
5,68421724
answered 7 hours ago
guivercguiverc
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guivercguiverc
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if one of the answers solved your issue, please be sure to mark it in order to help other users! :)
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