Re: soft link disappears


Subject: Re: soft link disappears
From: James McMorris (buddha@gci.net)
Date: Sun Jun 16 2002 - 14:20:00 AKDT


Clarification: link disappering is in the /var/lib/mysql/mysql
directory and points to a file in the /tmp directory so a cron cleanup
of the /tmp directory *shouldn't* effect my link. I'm still at a loss
on this one.

-Buddha

>> The link that's being deleted is in the /var/lib/mysql/mysql
>> directory. Is this link being deleted when the target file in
>>/tmp
>> get's deleted?
>>
>> I'm using RH BTW.
>
>Oh, I see. No, if the file in /tmp is deleted, a link to it will
>not point to an existing file any more, but it will still be there.
>If the link itself is being deleted, then perhaps there's another
>problem.

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