topic How do I find the softlinks to an specific directory? in Operating System - HP-UX

How do I find the softlinks to an specific directory?

Finding softlinks to a — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:43:39 GMT

I just need to know wich directories are softlinks to my specific directory.

Re: How do I find the softlinks to an specific directory?

Steven Schweda — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:22:53 GMT

So far as I know, symbolic links are one-way.
The file being linked to has no info about
who might be pointing to it. "find" can find
symbolic links:

man find

Look for "-type" (and "l").

Sifting through the resulting mess may
require a little work, too, depending on how
many of the things you have.

Re: How do I find the softlinks to an specific directory?

Jim Walls — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:55:42 GMT

Try this:

find / -xdev -type l -exec ll {} \; | awk '{printf("%s -> %s\n",$9,$11)}'

... you could filter the output through grep to find something specific. Or you could do summat clever with the awk.

Re: How do I find the softlinks to an specific directory?

Dennis Handly — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:48:31 GMT

Here is a thread where this was asked before:
http://forums.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1260358

If the symlinks were relative, that would be harder to check.