Linux Command Encyclopedia disk maintenance: symlinks

Function Description: Maintenance symbol Connection Tool program.

Grammar: symlinks&http://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/37954.html ">NBSP;" [-cdrstv] Directory]

Supplemental Note: symlinks can check the symbolic connection in the directory and display the symbolic connection type. The following are the types of symbolic connections that symlinks can determine:
Differs: The symbolic connection uses an absolute path.
Dangling: The original file no longer exists.
Lengthy: The path to the symbolic connection contains superfluous "... /"。
Messy: The path to the symbolic connection contains an extra "/".
OTHER_FS: The original file is located in another file system.
Relative: The symbolic connection uses a relative path.

Parameters：
-C Converts a symbolic connection that uses an absolute path to a relative path.
-D Removes a symbolic connection of the dangling type.
-R checks for symbolic connections in all subdirectories under the directory.
-s checks for symbolic connections of the lengthy type.
-T, when used with-C, shows how to convert a symbolic connection of an absolute path to a relative path without actually converting it.
-V Displays all types of symbolic connections.