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- How can i create hard link for my directories ?
- When i use to make link from /var to /home it shows error on "Invalid cross-device link", How can i over come it ?
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Kumar
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1Links aren't backups; they're just pointers to the original file. – Dennis Williamson Jan 20 '10 at 05:57
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See my edited answer. – Dennis Williamson Jan 20 '10 at 06:03
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You can only make symbolic links to directories.
From man 7 symlink:
Hard links may not refer to directories (to pre‐
vent the possibility of loops within the file system tree, which would
confuse many programs) and may not refer to files on different file
systems (because i-node numbers are not unique across file systems).
To make backups, use rsync, dd or cpio (sometimes together with tar, bzip2, gzip or zip).
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"Operation not permitted" i got this error when using "ln -d ". Is there any other way to overcome this ? – Kumar Jan 20 '10 at 05:58
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@Kumar: From `man ln`: "(note: will probably fail due to system restrictions, even for the superuser)" – Dennis Williamson Jan 20 '10 at 06:02