GNU bug report logs - #6138
mv while maintaining relative symbolic links

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Peng Yu <pengyu.ut <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 7 May 2010 21:02:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Done: Bob Proulx <bob <at> proulx.com>

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From: "Voelker, Bernhard" <bernhard.voelker <at> siemens-enterprise.com>
To: Peng Yu <pengyu.ut <at> gmail.com>,    Bob Proulx <bob <at> proulx.com>
Cc: "6138 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <6138 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>, "bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org" <bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org>
Subject: bug#6138: mv while maintaining relative symbolic links
Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 11:37:07 +0200

Peng Yu wrote:

> I agree with you that this is may not be possible for whole file
> system. But under the assumptions that symbolic links and their
> targets are always in a number of directories (user configurable) on
> the same file system, then it is doable. This is practically what I
> need.

you need a reference to the actual inode, don't you?
So what a about using hardlinks?

Have a nice day,
Berny
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