Symbolic links

Creating symlinks (symbolic links)

If you want to symlink all file in a directory to an other directory:

$ln -s /path_to_source_directory/* /path_to_destination_directory/

Dealing with broken symlinks

Find broken symlinks and delete them

$find -L /path/to/check -type l -delete

List them

$find -L /path -type l

If you want to delete them with confirmation first, do

$find -L /path -type l -exec rm -i {} +

Creating symlinks

First cd into your directory and then indicate where your symlinks will point

$find /directory_where_yout_symlinks_are/ -maxdepth 1 -type d -exec ln -s  {} \;

If you want to update your existing symlinks, use the -f option such as:

$find /home/matt/workspace/unified_repos/erp_core/modules/ -maxdepth 1 -type d -exec ln -sf  {} \;