problems with the ln command

[Patrick Boutilier]

Fons van der Beek wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
>  I am having a bit of a problem with the ln command.
> If i give the command 
> 
>     ln -s "/data/mp3/Nelly" "/datastore/alfabet/N/Nelly"
> 
> Then I expect only in the directory "/datastore/alfabet/N/"
> a symboly link named  "Nelly" being created.
> BUT also (!) in  "/data/mp3/Nelly" a symbolic link "Nelly" 
> is created and it is referenced to /data/mp3/Nelly
> (there was already a directory calles "DaDerrty.......blablabla)
> 
> drwxrwxrwx    3 apache apache  4096 Jul  5 15:12 .
> drwxrwxrwx  403 apache apache 12288 Jul  4 09:58 ..
> drwxrwxrwx    2 apache apache  4096 May  5 11:29 DaDerrtyVersionsTheReinven
> lrwxrwxrwx    1 root   root      15 Jul  5 15:12 Nelly -> /data/mp3/Nelly
> 
> What am i doing wrong ?????????????????????????

The ln command looks fine. Are you sure you didn't accidentally create 
the link  Nelly -> /data/mp3/Nelly  when you were trying to create the 
link previously?

Remove the bogus link and the correct link. Then try:

ln -s "/data/mp3/Nelly" "/datastore/alfabet/N/Nelly"

again. Should not get the bogus link.


> 
> With kind regards 
> Fons van der Beek
> 
>