On 9/28/07, Miner, Jonathan W (CSC) (US SSA) <jonathan.w.miner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Matthew Miller > Sent: Fri 09/28/2007 04:20 PM > To: For users of Fedora > Cc: > Subject: Re: all softlinks to a given file > > On Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 10:08:32PM +0200, Zoltan Szabo wrote: > > Do you know an easy (fast) way to find all the softlinks to a given > > file, using Fedora? > > Example: in case of "S1 -> F, ...., SN -> F" the task is to find > > S1, ..., SN given file F. > > Any idea is appreciated, > > > find . -lname F > > ---------------------------- > Matt - > > I tried that, but it's not foolproof: > > % ls -li > 3815190 -rw-r--r-- 1 jminer iis 0 Sep 28 16:21 F > 3815193 lrwxrwxrwx 1 jminer iis 1 Sep 28 16:22 S1 -> F > 3815215 lrwxrwxrwx 1 jminer iis 11 Sep 28 16:23 S2 -> ../jminer/F > % ls -Lli > 3815190 -rw-r--r-- 1 jminer iis 0 Sep 28 16:21 F > 3815190 -rw-r--r-- 1 jminer iis 0 Sep 28 16:21 S1 > 3815190 -rw-r--r-- 1 jminer iis 0 Sep 28 16:21 S2 > % find . -lname F -print > ./S1 > > It doesn't match S2 because the "names" don't match. However, it is a short and sweet solution, depending on what the OP intended. > If you want the whole kitchen sink: man symlinks -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
