On 05/03/2008, Michael D. Kralka <michael.kralka at kvs.com> wrote: > Matt Arnilo S. Baluyos (Mailing Lists) wrote: > > On 05/03/2008, Matt Arnilo S. Baluyos (Mailing Lists) > > <matt.baluyos.lists at gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 05/03/2008, Garrick Staples <garrick at usc.edu> wrote: > > >> I have just tried using a target as a file and it does seem to work > >> with the -f option. It's only when the target is a directory that it > >> fails: > >> > >> $ ll > >> drwxrwxr-x 2 matt matt 4096 Mar 4 14:34 dir1 > >> drwxrwxr-x 2 matt matt 4096 Mar 4 14:34 dir2 > >> lrwxrwxrwx 1 matt matt 4 Mar 4 14:35 link -> dir1 > >> > >> $ ln -s dir2 link > > > > That should be: > > > > $ ln -sf dir2 link > > > from the ln man page: > > -n, --no-dereference > treat destination that is a symlink to a directory as if it > were a normal file Great! Working now. Thanks. I've read the man page but didn't understand that option to be what I'm looking for. -- Stand before it and there is no beginning. Follow it and there is no end. Stay with the ancient Tao, Move with the present.