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Tony
Asked: 2009-06-01 22:29:02 +0800 CST

Problem when creating a symbolic link on my server: No such file or directory

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Here is the problem:

tony@bootsy/var/www/bandop $ ln -nfs /var/www/bandop/shared/config/database.yml /var/www/bandop/releases/20090601055013/config/database.yml
ln: creating symbolic link `/var/www/bandop/releases/20090601055013/config/database.yml': No such file or directory

I don't understand why '/var/www/bandop/releases/20090601055013/config/database.yml' has to exist. I want to create that sym link to hit the target specified above (first parameter). The command also failed to execute when logged in as root so it does not seem to be a permissions issue.

Any ideas?

Thanks

linux symbolic-link

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    The path

    /var/www/bandop/releases/20090601055013/config/

    does not exist

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  2. mkdir -p /var/www/bandop/releases/20090601055013/config/

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