Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:35:06 -0700 From: merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) To: Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: how to recursively symlink every file in a dir Message-ID: <86bp86mz9h.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimR9QehTjUrm%2B0CqRVAx=QHkgcfpygrJJfkhbmp@mail.gmail.com> (Aryeh Friedman's message of "Thu, 9 Sep 2010 13:24:50 -0400") References: <AANLkTimR9QehTjUrm%2B0CqRVAx=QHkgcfpygrJJfkhbmp@mail.gmail.com>
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>>>>> "Aryeh" == Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> writes: Aryeh> I want to make it so every file is a seperate symlink in dir2 if and Aryeh> only if it is a regular file (not a dir) in dir1... the reason is if Aryeh> the file is unchanged then use symlink but I can rm the symlink and Aryeh> replace it with a non-symlink: Are you committed to symlinks? I think null-mounts would do what you're trying to do... as in, as long as you're reading, you're reading from the old stuff, but if you ever write something new, all the right bits get created in the new dir. But I'm new to null-mounts, so I could be wrong. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <merlyn@stonehenge.com> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/>; Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See http://methodsandmessages.vox.com/ for Smalltalk and Seaside discussion
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