> Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2006 22:15:23 +0200 > From: Hans <hansfong@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: batch creation of symlinks > I want to batch create symlinks in the main directory, of all the files > in subdirectories. E.g. > > $ls > dir1 > dir2 > dir3 > file1.mp3 -> .dir1/file1.mp3 > file2.mp3 -> .dir1/file2.mp3 > file3.mp3 -> .dir2/file3.mp3 > file4.mp3 -> .dir2/file4.mp3 > file5.mp3 -> .dir3/file5.mp3 > file6.mp3 -> .dir3/file6.mp3 > > I tried various shell thingies like: > > for i in *.mp3; do ln -s --target-directory=../ $i $i; done > > in the subdir, or > > for i in ./dir1/*.mp3; do ln -s $i $i;done You might find this useful. (cp -s rocks!) cd $TARGETDIR (any loop stuff) cp -s $FROMDIR *.mp3 ./ Cheers, Phil -- Dept. of Mathematics, 342 Machray Hall U. of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3T 2N2 Office: 446 Machray Hall, 204-474-6470 http://www.rephil.org/ phil at rephil dot org
