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How can I remove and recreate an existing symbolic link in one single command?

I have a symbolic link for my live server called current and I have releases in the releases directory, i.e., current -> releases/2012-05-08_15-13

If I want to update the symbolic link of my current directory, I have to unlink/rm it and re ln -s it.

How can I remove the symbolic link and update it to the latest release in one step?

Solution

  • The form of ln is 

    ln -sf sourcefile targetlink

    Try

    ln -sf releases/2012-05-08_15-13 current

    to remove the current and create the new link.