Version Change on Unix

[Bill Campbell]

On Tue, May 19, 2009, Fairlight wrote:
>This public service announcement was brought to you by Nancy Palmquist:
>> Does anyone know the right LINK command to use to change the link between
>> 
>> /appl/fp  and another version folder in the /appl folder.
>> 
>> For example,
>> 
>> I need to link to /appl/fp_v5.0.15D4
>> 
>> I can not figure out the right command.
>
>ln -sf /appl/fp_v5.0.15D4 /appl/fp
>
>NOTE:  Some variants (notably Solaris 7 and 8) tend to ignore the force
>flag and require prior manual removal of the link prior to using 'ln', or
>they'll kick back "file exists" and do nothing--despite the -f argument.

If the destination is a direcotory, the new link may end up *IN*
that directory instead of what one wants.

Bill
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