How do I create file links under UNIX / Linux / BSD operating systems?
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Q. I’d like to configure my Debian box to backup two remote servers using rsnapshot software. It should make incremental snapshots of local and remote filesystems for any number of machines on 2nd hard disk located at /disk1 ( /dev/sdb2).
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Q. I need to find file permission and store the same to a shell variable. How do I find out the file permission without parsing ls -l output?
A. Use GNU stat command to display file or file system status. It has option to display output in specific format.
Display stat for /etc/passwd file
Type the [...]
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Q. Both Linux / UNIX allows the data of a file to have more than one name in separate places in the same file system. Such a file with more than one name for the same data is called a hard-linked file. How do I create a hard link in Linux / UNIX?
A. A hard [...]
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Q. How do I create a soft link (symbolic link) under UNIX or Linux operating system?
A. To make links between files you need to use ln command. A symbolic link (also known as a soft link or symlink) consists of a special type of file that serves as a reference to another file or directory. [...]
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