fai-link(1)

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version 6.6ubuntu1 · 2 versions
, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu noble, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

okay bestie, so this is a page from the General Commands Manual and it's literally called fai-link. let's get into it 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

fai-link — create symlink idempotent 🪄

(and yes "idempotent" is a big word but it's giving "do the thing, and if the thing is already done, don't do the thing again" — iconic behavior honestly)

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

fai-link SOURCE TARGET

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

So here's the vibe: fai-link checks if a symlink from SOURCE to TARGET already exists, and if it's already the same symlink, it does absolutely nothing. no drama, no re-linking, no chaos. it just ✨ respects the status quo ✨.

  • If $target is defined, use it as a prefix for SOURCE. 🎀
  • If $verbose is set, the command prints if no change is to be made. 👀
🚨 real talk bestie: the order of the arguments is different to the ln(1) command. do NOT come in here with your ln(1) muscle memory, it will not eat. 😭

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

This program is part of FAI (Fully Automatic Installation). See the FAI manual for more information on how to use fai-monitor. The FAI homepage is https://fai-project.org 🫶

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Thomas Lange <lange@cs.uni-koeln.de> 💜

and that's the whole page, no cap 💀 this one's from FAI 5, dated 2019 — tysm for reading bestie, now go make some symlinks (idempotently, obviously) 🦋✨🎀

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