Re: Reg : ln -f command
- From: "Anant (DBA)" <shastry17@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: ora-apps-dba@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 19:17:36 +0530
My other friends helped you in regard to your problem below message may help
you:
1.From the man pages, -f means remove destination files (i.e. second
argument in your case) if it exists
(the -f stands for --force, i.e. force the link to be created, otherwise, if
the destination exists, then it will complain and do nothing)
Here's an excerpt pertaining to the '-f' option:
-f Link files without questioning the user, even if the mode of
target forbids writing. This is the default if the standard input is not a
terminal.
2.You could try the man page for the 'ln' command and try this link too:
http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?ln
Thanks,
:-)
On 8/17/07, vijayanand Jigatala <vijay.jigatala@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Can anyone let me know the complete functionality of ln - f command.
> When used in this way ,
>
> For example , statement like this
> ln -f $EUAP_TOP/sql/HWAPREMO.sql $AP_TOP/sql/HWAPREMO.sql
> is deleting the file in $AP_TOP/sql directory.
>
> Waiting for your reply.
>
> Thanks.
> Vijay.
>
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