Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 14:54:24 -0600 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: how to recursively symlink every file in a dir Message-ID: <20100909205424.GA58499@guilt.hydra> In-Reply-To: <p06240800c8aef2c50d17@[128.113.124.121]> References: <AANLkTimR9QehTjUrm%2B0CqRVAx=QHkgcfpygrJJfkhbmp@mail.gmail.com> <p06240800c8aef2c50d17@[128.113.124.121]>
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On Thu, Sep 09, 2010 at 04:28:59PM -0400, Garance A Drosehn wrote:
>=20
> I believe early X11-distributions had a script called "lndir"
> would pretty much do exactly what you want here. And then
> there was a companion command called "breakln" which would
> remove the symlink and make a copy of the original file to
> replace it.
lndir is in ports:
> pkgsearch lndir
/usr/ports/devel/lndir
I'm not so sure about a "breakln" being anywhere accessible, other than
whatever tools you have handy.
>=20
> I don't know if X11 still has these commands (I haven't
> installed X11 in at least 10 years), but I have my own
> versions of them. Let me know if you can't find them, and
> I'll send you copies of my scripts.
I'd like to see what you have, even if the OP doesn't need them. Are
they of your own making, or copied from somewhere?
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Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]
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