Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Subject | Re: multiple link | From | Valdis.Kletnieks@vt ... | Date | Mon, 29 Sep 2003 01:57:16 -0400 |
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On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 00:43:22 CDT, Indraneel Majumdar <indraneel@smartpatch.net> said: > Hi, > I was wondering if it's possible to link to multiple directories at the > same time: > > link <link_name> <target1> <target2> <target3>...
Not really a kernel question, but anyhow..
'man 2 link' and 'man 2 symlink' will tell you that the system calls only make one link at a time. What /bin/ln does is a userspace question, but Kerhnigan and Pike would likely say the Right Answer is:
% for i in target1 target2 target3; do ln link-name $i; done
If you're asking something else, such as "How do I hardlink a directory to more than one parent?", that *is* a kernel question, but the generic answer is "You don't, unless you have a novel way to identify the Right Answer for 'where does ../ point?'". Check the archives, it was beaten to death a few weeks ago....
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