Copy a Symbolic Link
This page answers questions like these:
- How to copy a symbolic link?
- How to duplicate a symbolic link?
Related Links:
Copy a Directory which contains Symbolic Links
Copying a Symbolic Link:
cp -d FROMLINK TOLINK
- Make a new symbolic link named TOLINK which points to the same place as the existing symbolic link FROMLINK.
- Pros: Copies plain files as usual. Copies links as links.
- Cons: Handles only a single file. Copies invalid links.
Example:
- Start with a link from FROMLINK to FILE (created by: ln -s FILE FROMLINK):
$ ls -l
total 1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 myuser mygroup 4 Jan 30 13:40 FROMLINK -> FILE
- Copy the link FROMLINK to a new link TOLINK:
$ cp -d FROMLINK TOLINK
$ ls -l
total 2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 myuser mygroup 4 Jan 30 13:40 FROMLINK -> FILE
lrwxrwxrwx 1 myuser mygroup 4 Jan 30 13:41 TOLINK -> FILE
Related Links:
Copy a Directory which contains Symbolic Links
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